Armed Forces Act 2006

Armed Forces Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 52

ANNEX B: TABLE OF COMPARATIVE RANKS

NATO Code	RN	ARMY and RM	AIR FORCE
OF-10	Admiral of the Fleet	Field Marshal	Marshal of the Royal Air Force
OF-9	Admiral	General	Air Chief Marshal
OF-8	Vice-Admiral	Lieutenant-General	Air Marshal
OF-7	Rear Admiral	Major-General	Air Vice-Marshal
OF-6	Commodore	Brigadier	Air Commodore
OF-5	Captain	Colonel	Group Captain
OF-4	Commander	Lieutenant-Colonel	Wing Commander
OF-3	Lieutenant-Commander	Major	Squadron Leader
OF-2	Lieutenant	Captain	Flight Lieutenant
OF-1	Sub-Lieutenant (but junior to military and air force ranks)	Lieutenant	Flying Officer
	Midshipman (but junior to army and air force ranks)	Second Lieutenant	Pilot Officer
			Acting Pilot Officer (but junior to Second-Lieutenant)
OR-9	Warrant Officer	Warrant Officer Class I	Warrant Officer
			Master Aircrew
OR-8		Warrant Officer Class 2
OR-7	Chief Petty Officer	{ Staff Sergeant	Flight Sergeant
		{ Colour Sergeant, RM	Chief Technician
OR-6	Petty Officer	Sergeant	Sergeant
OR-5
OR-4	Leading Rate (but junior to army ranks of corporal and bombardier)	Corporal	Corporal
		Bombardier
OR-3		Lance Corporal
		Lance Bombardier
OR-2 OR-1	Able Rate	Marine Private	Junior Technician Senior aircraftman Leading aircraftman Aircraftman