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	Valparaiso Air Force ROTC
		The commissioned ranks are the highest in the military.
		Army, Air Force and Marine Corps 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.
		The three basic uniforms and rank devices used are: khakis, collar insignia pins; whites, stripes on shoulder boards; and blues, stripes sewn on the lower coat sleeves.
	www.valpo.edu /afrotc/rank_structure_officer.htm (228 words)

	Yugoslavia - Ranks, Insignia, and Uniforms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Insignia for commissioned officers were worn on shoulder boards in colors corresponding to their service branch: olivegreen for the ground forces, blue-gray for the air force, and fl for the navy.
		In rank sequence, their stripe configurations were one broad, one broad and one narrow, two broad, two broad and one narrow, three broad, three broad and one narrow, and four broad stripes.
		Air force officers had the red star perched on the wings of an eagle with a sword clenched in its talons.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-14943.html (1014 words)

	Brazil Ranks, Uniforms, and Insignia - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		In time of war, or in exceptional circumstances, a fifth star may be worn by the highest-ranking officer in the army (marechal, or general of the army) navy (almirante, or fleet admiral), and air force (marechal do ar, or general of the air force).
		Air force ranks have the same designations as those of the army through colonel, and there is also no rank corresponding to lieutenant general.
		Air force general officer ranks are brigadier, major brigadier, lieutenant brigadier, and air marshal; the five-star rank is seen rarely.
	www.photius.com /countries/brazil/national_security/brazil_national_security_ranks_uniforms_and~6999.html (828 words)

	Department of Defense Rank Insignias - Officers Rank
		Officer ranks in the United States military consist of commissioned officers and warrant officers.
		These officers hold presidential commissions and are confirmed at their ranks by the Senate.
		Warrant officers hold warrants from their service secretary and are specialists and experts in certain military technologies or capabilities.
	www.defenselink.mil /specials/insignias/officers.html (222 words)

	Military rank at AllExperts
		Officers who typically command units or formations that are expected to operate independently for extended periods of time (brigades and larger, or flotillas or squadrons of ships), are referred to variously as General Officers (army, marines, and some air forces), Flag Officers (navy), or Air Officers (some Commonwealth air forces).
		The term "field(-grade) officer" is primarily used in by armies and marines; air forces and navies generally prefer the term "senior officer".
		NCO ranks typically include a varying number of grades of Sergeant and Corporal (air force, army and Marines), or Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officer (navy and coast guard).
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mi/military_rank.htm (1656 words)

	Airforce Rank Page
		While warrant officers provide excellent technical expertise, the Air Force determined that they are not sufficiently flexible for utilization outside of their technical specialty.
		Officers provide the flexibility for use in a broad span of managerial and career broadening assignments which are necessary to meet Air Force requirements.
		The sergeant major of the Army, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps, the master chief petty officer of the Navy and the chief master sergeant of the Air Force are the spokespersons of the enlisted force at the highest levels of their services.
	www.military-graphics.com /airforce_rank.html (749 words)

	MILNET: Country Studies - Syria
		The air force was formed in 1948 on the graduation of the first class of Syrian pilots from British flight schools.
		Officers have tended to be less representative of the general society than conscripts, primarily because of the high degree of politicization of the officer corps.
		Officer ranks are standard, although the highest is the equivalent of lieutenant general, a rank held in 1986 only by the commander in chief and the minister of defense.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/mideast/syria/syrmil.htm (4317 words)

	Spain - Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Service uniforms for army and air force officers were similar in style, in that both were single-breasted and had four patch pockets, but different in color--olive green for the army and blue for the air force.
		Each of the three services had ten officer ranks, ranging from the equivalent of second lieutenant in the army and the air force and ensign in the navy to general of the army, general of the air force, and fleet admiral.
		Officer rank insignia were the same for the army and air force (a varying number and type of symbols in gold).
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-13097.html (454 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Air forces of most of the countries use ranking system similar to Armies.
		To assist in the comparison of ranks in the armed forces of different countries, established NATO rank codes are used.
		These are established codes for determining the seniority of officer and other ranks in NATO countries for a particular joint task group or command structure, although specific appointments designate a higher level of seniority over other equivalent rank codes in a given situation.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Air_force_officer_ranks (348 words)

	Officer Ranks
		Officer ranks in the United States military consist of commissioned officers and warrant officers.
		Army, Air Force and Marine Corps 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.
		Warrant officers hold warrants from their service secretary and are specialists and experts in certain military technologies or capabilities.
	www.pwcweb.com /vfwpost1503/officer_ranks.html (228 words)

	Rank - Air Cadet Central Wiki
		Flag Officer ranks, named after the traditional practise of showing the presence of such an officer with a flag on a ship and often land, typically include Admiral, Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral.
		Field officers, also called "field-grade officers" or "senior officers", are senior officers who typically command units that can be expected to operate independently for short periods of time (battalions and regiments, large warships).
		In some countries, the more senior rank of Commodore is also used, a position that follows the flag flying tradition (above) of Flag Officers but, by though the use of a dove-tail pennant of rank instead of a flag or triangular pennant of other senior officers.
	www.aircadetcentral.net /wiki/index.php?title=Rank (1073 words)

	Airforces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is an age of air power, and the military strength of a nation depends in great part upon the effectiveness of its air force.
		Air force commands usually perform one of five military functions: strategic, tactical, air defense, logistical, and training.
		In France, the air officer trainee studies at the École de l'Air (School of the Air) at Salon-de-Provence.
	library.thinkquest.org /18033/airforces.html (542 words)

	Air Force Warrant Officer history? - Topic Powered by eve community
		The USAF inherited warrant officer ranks from the U.S. Army at its inception in 1947, but their place in the Air Force structure was never made clear.
		The utilization of warrant officers was further expanded by Act of 1920, which authorized appointment of warrant officers in clerical, administrative, and band-leading activities [Guardians of the Republic-A history of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army, Ernest F. Fisher, Jr., Col-Retired, US Army, Center of Miltary History-Washington DC.
		It is probable the Air Force didn’t have very many warrant officers it had to deal with in regards of career progression, assimilation, and separation compared to the Army.
	forums.military.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/37919558/m/4930053311001?r=2690072411001 (2533 words)

	STAR WARS: Imperial Insignia: Officer Examples
		The cold assualt stormtrooper officer seen with General Veers at the Battle of Hoth appears to be a captain because his badge is equivalent to a naval lieutenant.
		Perhaps a naval officer was in command of this walker because the Endor deflector shield garrison was a Navy or joint-forces facility.
		In terrestrial terms, the rank is "air marshal"; in a space-based society it would be logical to drop the "air" because of atmospheric connotations.
	www.theforce.net /swtc/insignia/badges.html (5269 words)

	Air Force Ranks
		In recognition of his services, the Government of India conferred the rank of Marshal of the Air Force onto Arjan Singh in January 2002 making him the first and the only 'Five Star' rank officer with the Indian Air Force.
		The rank* of Pilot Officer is not used anymore.
		All officers in the Indian Air Force are commissioned with the rank of Flying Officer.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /IAF/Info/Badges/005.html (117 words)

	Blog Catalog » Blog Archive » Air force military rank
		Honor Guard waits for Air Force officer rank is a badge of Army, Air Force ranks of commissioned officers Army, Marine, Navy Warrant Officer Rank Insignia As a military rank for wartime.
		The air force are each commanded by a badge of both the rank of major general in the Geneva Conventions have overlapping segregations of.
		Air Force Afghanistan or List similar SoldierCity is commensurate with their The military educational institutions while strengthening the Air Force Military Personnel Center will take your inputs and match you have complained that he retired from active duty in the ideal place to shop for wartime.
	www.journaldir.org /2007/01/27/air-force-military-rank (421 words)

	Fresno State Air Force ROTC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The General Military Course (GMC) cadet ranks are one bar for AS 100s, called Cadet 4/Class, and two bars for AS 200, called Cadet 3/Class.
		Officer Ranks: The Air Force officer ranks start at 2nd Lieutenant and end with General at five stars.
		A Chief Master Sergeant with a seal instead of the star on the chevron is the current Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
	www.csufresno.edu /afrotc/cgi-bin/template.cgi?uniform7.html (150 words)

	Canada's Air Force, History
		The authorized establishment of the active Air Force on the day of the RCAF's birth was a modest 68 officers and 307 airmen; actual strength was 61 officers and 262 airmen.
		Prior to 1932, the RCAF was unique among the air forces of the world in that the greater part of its work was essentially non-military in character.
		An Air Council was created to advise the Minister, and the head of the Force, known as the Senior Air Officer now became the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS).
	www.airforce.forces.gc.ca /hist/inter_war_e.asp (2367 words)

	Air Force-Officer
		The United States Air Force ranks among the finest in the world — some debate whether the U.S. or Israeli Air Force is the best and most prepared.
		In the Air Force, you could find yourself flying a bomber, fighter, a helicopter or an experimental plane that no one else has ever flown.
		Being an officer in the Air Force can be an extremely rewarding experience, but it carries heavy responsibilities as well.
	www.princetonreview.com /cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=232 (263 words)

	Air Force OTS :: OTS Foundation Portal - Going Officer (AF Times Article)
		While the Air Force is kicking out thousands of lieutenants over the next few years, the service is continuing to encourage enlisted airmen who can achieve academic requirements and have leadership potential to seek commissions through ROTC, Officer Training School or the Air Force Academy.
		Shamana Stevens, a nurse now studying at the Air Force Institute of Technology, was an enlisted electronics technician when she realized in the early 1990s that a career spent fixing circuit boards didn’t interest her.
		At first, the Air Force wanted to commission Jennrich as an air traffic control officer, but with persistence and support from his old combat controller commanders, he got his first choice of being a special tactics officer, overseeing some of the same troops he had served with as an enlisted airman.
	www.airforceots.com /portal/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=71 (1872 words)

	Naval officer ranks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navies have military rank systems that often are quite different from those of armies or air forces.
		Warrant Officers in the United States forces are a special case as single track career specialists between the enlisted and officer ranks in terms of seniority, and have no NATO rank code.
		In such navies, the captains and lieutenants of smaller ships are therefore unlikely to have the naval rank of "captain" or "lieutenant" respectively; and furthermore a naval "captain" is therefore equivalent to an army colonel, and a naval "lieutenant" to an army captain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_officer_ranks (626 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		The Air Force is in the throes of a force reduction, but its exact magnitude is hard to pin down.
		In its January announcement on the new cuts, the Air Force said that enlisted recruiting quotas would be cut from 37,000 this year to 35,600 in Fiscal 2005 and 34,500 in Fiscal 2006.
		Air Force officials point to the service’s current recruiting and retention record to bolster their position that the ongoing demands of overseas deployments and the tempo of operations has not led to a wholesale flight from active duty.
	www.afa.org /magazine/july2004/0704recruit.asp (2831 words)

	Academy and ROTC
		The mission of the Air Force Academy is to inspire and develop outstanding young men and women to become Air Force officers with knowledge, character and discipline, motivated to lead the world's greatest air and space force in service to the nation.
		Air Force ROTC offers high school students a variety of college scholarships that are based on merit, not financial need.
		Whether you choose the Air Force Academy or ROTC, the goal is the same: graduation and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
	www.airforceadmissions.com /academy (1905 words)

	The History of the SAAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Air Force operated in South West Africa on three occasions: in 1922 against the Bondezwarts Hottentots, in 1925 during the Rehoboth rebellion and in 1939 in Ovamboland when a chief refused to surrender alleged murderers to the police.
		Their role was close air support against enemy positions to soften them up for ground attacks, interdiction against the enemy's logistic and communication lines, providing protective cover for rescue operations, reconnaissance flights and to a lesser extent, interception of enemy aircraft.
		With the UN arms embargo preventing the Air Force from acquiring more modern combat aircraft, Angolan airspace was becoming an increasingly dangerous place to be and the use of the SAAF was restricted to operations which posed the least risk of losses.
	www.saairforce.co.za /history.htm (4859 words)

	Air Force Rank
		For those of you who may be curious, this is a chart of Air Force officer rank insignia and also the Royal British Air Force equivalents.
		All entry level officers are second lieutenants, except for in the Navy where they're called Ensigns.
		Colonel is looked upon as the transcendent rank between being a "regular" officer and a general.
	students.ou.edu /P/Ernest.H.Perkins.Jr-1/air_force_rank.htm (476 words)

	Addition of Warrant Officer ranks in the U.S. Air Force Petition
		As you know, the U.S. Air Force is the only branch of the United States Military that does not have the Warrant Officer ranks.
		In the Air Force, the only step up for Enlisted members is to get a full Bachelors Degree, and apply for OTS, which has a very long waiting period, due to that being the only option.
		The Addition of Warrant Officer ranks in the U.S. Air Force Petition to Secretary of the Air Force was created by and written by Douglas A. Kuntz.
	www.petitiononline.com /usafwo1/petition.html (348 words)

	Air Force Association of Canada - Quebec Group \| CF & RCAF Officer Ranks
		Air Force Association of Canada - Quebec Group
		All general officers have the same wide gold band at the bottom of their sleeves.
		The maple leaves on the shoulder boards identify the rank.
	www.airforce.qc.ca /gallery2_e.htm (42 words)

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