Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Air Force

The Royal Danish Air Force ranks follow the NATO system of ranks and insignia, as does the rest of the Danish Defence. The ranks used are based on the Royal Air Force, with some minor changes. For example, three strips in the RAF is an OF-4, while only an OF-3 in Denmark.[1]

Current ranks

Officers

The highest officer's rank is OF-9 (General) which is reserved for the Chief of Defence (only when this seat is occupied by an Air Force officer). Similarly, OF-8 (Lieutenant general) is reserved for the Vice Chief of Defence. OF-7 (Major general) is used by the chief of the Air Staff and OF-6 (Brigadegeneral) by the chief of a brigade as well as keepers of high-office positions.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D)						Student officer
Royal Danish Air Force	No equivalent																														No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
			General		Generalløjtnant		Generalmajor		Brigadegeneral		Oberst		Oberstløjtnant		Major		Kaptajn		Premierløjtnant			Løjtnant			Sekondløjtnant
Danish Pay Grade[2]			M406		M405		M404		M403		M402		M401		M332 M331 M322		M321		M312			M311			M310

Enlisted

The Danish OR's also follow the NATO system, though there are no OR-6's. OR-4 (Korporal) is the highest of the M100-level ranks and is not considered a NCO-rank.

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Royal Danish Air Force											No equivalent
	Flyvevåbnets Chefsergent			Chefsergent			Seniorsergent		Oversergent								Sergent			Værnepligtig Sergent			Korporal				Flyverspecialist		Flyveroverkonstabel						Flyverkonstabel
Danish Pay Grade[2]	M232						M231		M221								M212			M211			M113				M112

Other rank insignia
NATO Code	OR-5	OR-1
Shoulder board
Danish	Sergentelev	Flyverkonstabelelev	Værnepligtig menig
English	NCO trainee	Aircraftman, trainee	Conscript

Colour structure for OR-1–3
	Technical	Administrations	Operations
Shoulder board

Clerical personnel

• Clerical personnel
• 
  Air Force Dean
• 
  Air Force Chaplain
• 
  Air Force Conscript Chaplain

References

1. Marrup, Karsten (1 May 2017). "Stop galskaben med midlertidige tillagte grader!". OLFI (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
2. "Historik". forpers.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

External links

• Badges of Rank for the Royal Danish Air Force, 2018
• Badges of Rank for the Royal Danish Air Force, 2018 (in Danish)