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US Air Force Ranks and Air Force Rank Insignia |
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| US Air Force Enlisted Ranks, Enlisted Rank Insignia | |||||
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Service members in
pay grades E-1 through E-3 are usually either in some kind of training status or on their initial assignment. The training includes the basic training phase where recruits are immersed in military culture and values and are taught the core skills required by their service component. Basic training is followed by a specialized or advanced training phase that provides recruits with a specific area of expertise or concentration. In the Air Force, this area is called an Air Force Speciality. A specialty mark in the center of a rating badge indicates the wearer's particular rating. |
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Pay Grade: E2 Airman (Amn) |
Pay Grade: E3 Airman First Class (A1C) |
Pay Grade: E4 Senior Airman (SrA) |
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| Leadership responsibility significantly increases in the mid-level enlisted ranks. This responsibility is given formal recognition by use of the terms noncommissioned officer (NCO). An Air Force staff sergeant is considered a NCO rank. | |||||
Pay Grade: E5 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) |
Pay Grade: E6 Technical Sergeant (TSgt) |
E7 Master Sergeant (MSgt) |
E7 First Sergeant |
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At the E-8 level, the Air Force have two
positions at the same pay grade. Whether one is, for example, a senior
master sergeant or a first sergeant in the Air Force depends on the
person's job. The same is true for the positions at the E-9 level. E-8s and E-9s. have 15 to 30 years on the job, and are commanders' senior advisers for enlisted matters. A fourth E-9 element is the senior enlisted person of the Air Force. The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is the spokespersons of the enlisted force at the highest levels of their services |
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E8 Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) |
E8 First Sergeant |
Pay Grade: E9 Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) |
Pay Grade: E9 First Sergeant |
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Pay Grade: E9 Command Chief Master Sergeant (CCM) |
Pay Grade: E9 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) |
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| US Air Force Warrant Officer Ranks |
| No Warrant Officers in the US Air Force |
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| The commissioned ranks are the highest in the military. These officers hold presidential commissions and are confirmed at their ranks by the Senate. US Air Force officers are called company grade officers in the pay grades of O-1 to O-3, field grade officers in pay grades O-4 to O-6 and general officers in pay grades O-7 and higher. | |||
Pay Grade: O1 Second Lieutenant (2nd. Lt) |
Pay Grade: O2 First Lieutenant (1st. Lt.) |
Pay Grade: O3 Captain (Capt.) |
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Pay Grade: O4 Major (Maj.) |
Pay Grade: O5 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) |
Pay Grade: O6 Colonel (Col.) |
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Pay Grade: O7 Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.) |
Pay Grade: O8 Major General (Maj. Gen.) |
Pay Grade: O9 Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.) |
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Pay Grade: O10 General (Gen.) Air Force Chief of Staff |
 General of the Air Force (Wartime only) |
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