Group IV
Administration
Rank & Grade Abbreviations
(Per Regulations
35-5 &
52-16)
(Last Update:
22 Aug 2010)
Note: There are no periods (.) and never all caps.
| Air Force/CAP General Officers | ||
| Grade | Abbreviations | |
| Major General | Maj Gen | |
| Brigadier General | Brig Gen | |
| Officers | ||
| Grade | Senior Members | Cadets |
| Colonel | Col | C/Col |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Lt Col | C/Lt Col |
| Major | Maj | C/Maj |
| Captain | Capt | C/Capt |
| First Lieutenant | 1st Lt | C/1st Lt |
| Second Lieutenant | 2d Lt | C/2d Lt |
| Flight Officers | ||
| Grade | Senior Members 18-21 | |
| Senior Flight Officer | SFO | |
| Technical Flight Officer | TFO | |
| Flight Officer | FO | |
| Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) | ||
| Grade | Senior Members | Cadets |
| Chief Master Sergeant | CMSgt | C/CMSgt |
| Senior Master Sergeant | SMSgt | C/SMSgt |
| Master Sergeant | MSgt | C/MSgt |
| Technical Sergeant | TSgt | C/TSgt |
| Staff Sergeant | SSgt | C/SSgt |
| Airmen | ||
| Grade | Cadets | |
| Senior Airman | C/SrA | |
| Airman First Class | C/A1C | |
| Airman | C/Amn | |
| Airman Basic | C/AB | |