• ¹ Honorary/War time rank.

Pay grade	special1	O-10	O-9	O-8	O-7	O-6	O-5	O-4	O-3	O-2	O-1
Insignia
Title	General of the Air Force	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Abbreviation	Gen-USAF	Gen	Lt Gen	Maj Gen	Brig Gen	Col	Lt Col	Maj	Capt	1st Lt	2nd Lt
NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1	OF-1

This chart displays the United States Air Force officer rank insignia. The ranks are divided into three sections: company grade, field grade, and general officers. Company grade are those officers of grades O-1 to O-3. Field grade officers are those of grades O-4 to O-6. General officers are those of O-7 and above.

Currently, promotion from 2d Lt to 1st Lt is virtually guaranteed after two years of service. The promotion from 1st Lt to Captain is likewise virtually guaranteed after successfully completing another two years of service.

After promotion to Captain an individual will sit in front of a promotion board between the nine- and eleven-year mark where a certain percentage will be selected for Major. This process will repeat at the 13-16 year mark for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and then around the twenty-year mark for promotion to Colonel.

Although the value of gold is higher than that of silver, the color silver outranks gold in United States officer insignia. This is because silver was originally the only color used, and when it was decided that additional colors were to be added, silver was chosen to outrank gold because there were more colonels with silver eagles than colonels with gold eagles.

Military ranks of the United States Air Force

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