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USAF Ranks

   Officers Ranks Rank Insignia    Enlisted Ranks Rank Insignia
   O-1
   Second
   Lieutenant
   (2Lt) 		   E-1
   Airman Basic
   (AB) 		No Insignia
   O-2
   First Lieutenant
   (1Lt) 		   E-2
   Airman
   (Amn)
   O-3
   Captain
   (Cpt) 		   E-3
   Airman 1st Class
   (A1C)
   O-4
   Major
   (Maj) 		   E-4
   Senior Airman
   (SrA)
   O-5
   Lieutenant
   Colonel
   (LtCol) 		   E-5
   Staff Sergeant
   (SSgt)
   O-6
   Colonel
   (Col) 		   E-6
   Technical
   Sergeant
   (TSgt)
   O-7
   Brigadier
   General
   (BG) 		   E-7
   Master Sergeant*
   (MSgt) 		 
   O-8
   Major General
   (MG) 		   E-8
   Senior Master
   Sergeant*
   (SMS) 		 
   O-9
   Lieutenant
   General
   (LG) 		   E-9
   Chief Master
   Sergeant*
   (CMS) 		 
   O-10
   General
   (Gen) 		   E-10
   Command Chief
   Master Sergeant
   (CCM)
* The U.S. Air Force does not have a separate 'First Sergeant' rank;
   it is instead a duty denoted by a diamond within the upper field.

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