Officer Ranks
edit1 Rank in abeyance - appointments no longer made to this rank in peacetime.
2 Lieutenant is correctly pronounced as 'Leftenant'.
3 Brigadier-General (until 1922), Colonel-Commandant (1922–1928), Brigadier (since 1928)
Other Ranks
edit| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading rate | Able rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbreviation | WO1 | WO2 | CPO | PO | LH | AB1 | AB2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Edit) |
(Conductor) |
(Quartermaster Sergeant) |
No Equivalent | No Insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrant Officer Class One | Warrant Officer Class Two | Sergeant |
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Private (or equivalent)
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| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Chief technician | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal (RAF Regiment only) |
Air specialist (class 1) technician | Air specialist (class 1) | Air specialist (class 2) | Air recruit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Aircrew) |
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| Master aircrew | Flight sergeant aircrew | Sergeant aircrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbreviation | MAcr | WO | FS | CT or Chf Tech | Sgt | Cpl | LCpl | SAC(T) | SAC | LAC | AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
- 1 2 3 "RAF Ranks". raf.mod.uk/. Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 21 September 2021.