Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇺🇸 United States · Air Force	NATO equivalent	China · Air Force 🇨🇳
Officers
General of the Air Force	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	No equivalent
General	OF-9 General	空军上将 (General)
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	空军中将 (Lieutenant General)
Major general	OF-7 Major General	空军少将 (Major General)
Brigadier general	OF-6 Brigadier General	空军大校 (Senior Colonel)
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	空军上校 (Colonel)
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	空军中校 (Lieutenant Colonel)
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	空军少校 (Major)
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	空军上尉 (Captain)
First lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	空军中尉 (First Lieutenant) 空军少尉 (Second Lieutenant)
Cadet / Officer trainee	OF-D Student Officer	No equivalent
Enlisted ranks
Command chief master sergeant First sergeant Chief master sergeant	OR-9 Sergeant Major	空军一级军士长 (Master sergeant first class)
First sergeant Senior master sergeant	OR-8 1st Sergeant	空军二级军士长 (Master sergeant second class)
First sergeant Master sergeant	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	空军三级军士长 (Master sergeant third class)
Technical sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	空军一级上士 (Technical sergeant)
Staff sergeant	OR-5 Sergeant	空军二级上士 (Staff sergeant)
Senior airman	OR-4 Corporal	空军中士 (Sergeant)
Airman first class	OR-3 Private 1st Class	空军下士 (Corporal)
Airman	OR-2 Private	空军上等兵 (Airman First Class)
Airman basic	OR-1 Private	空军列兵 (Airman)

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.