Comparative air force enlisted ranks of Hispanophone countries

Rank comparison chart of Non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks for air forces of Hispanophone states.

Other ranks

Rank group	Senior NCOs										Junior NCOs			Enlisted
Argentine Air Force^[1] v t e
Argentine Air Force^[1] v t e	Suboficial mayor				Suboficial principal		Suboficial ayudante	Suboficial auxiliar		Cabo principal	Cabo primero	Cabo		Voluntario primero			Voluntario segundo
Bolivian Air Force^[2] v t e
Bolivian Air Force^[2] v t e	Sub-oficial maestre	Sub-oficial mayor		Sub-oficial primero	Sub-oficial segundo		Sub-oficial inicial	Sergento primero		Sargento segundo	Sargento inicial	Cabo			Dragoneante	Soldado raso
Chilean Air Force^[3] v t e														No insignia
Chilean Air Force^[3] v t e	Suboficial mayor				Suboficial		Sargento primero			Sargento segundo	Cabo primero	Cabo segundo	Cabo	Soldado de tropa profesional			Alumno
Colombian Aerospace Force^[4] v t e
Colombian Aerospace Force^[4] v t e	Técnico jefe de comando conjunto		Técnico jefe de comando		Técnico jefe		Técnico subjefe	Técnico primero		Técnico segundo	Técnico tercero	Técnico cuarto		Aerotécnico
Costa Rica	No air force
Cuban Air and Air Defense Force^[5] v t e																	No insignia
Cuban Air and Air Defense Force^[5] v t e	Mayor suboficial	Primer suboficial		Segundo suboficial	Suboficial		Sargento de primera	Sargento de segunda		Sargento de tercera		Cabo					Soldado
Dominican Air Force v t e
Dominican Air Force v t e					Sargento mayor		Sargento primero	Sargento A/C		Sargento		Cabo		Rasa de primera clase
Ecuadorian Air Force v t e
Ecuadorian Air Force v t e	Sub-oficial mayor		Sub-oficial primero		Sub-oficial segundo		Sargento primero			Sargento segundo	Cabo primero	Cabo segundo					Soldado
Salvadoran Air Force^[6] v t e																	No insignia
Salvadoran Air Force^[6] v t e	Sargento mayor de brigada		Sargento mayor primero		Sargento mayor		Sargento de primera	Sargento		Subsargento		Cabo					Soldado
Equatorial Guinea Air Force v t e
Equatorial Guinea Air Force v t e					Brigada		Sargento primero	Sarjento			Cabo primero	Cabo					Soldado
Guatemalan Air Force^[7] v t e																	No insignia
Guatemalan Air Force^[7] v t e	Sargento mayor				Sargento técnico		Sargento primero			Sargento segundo		Cabo		Soldado de primera			Soldado
Honduran Air Force^[8] v t e
Honduran Air Force^[8] v t e					Sargento mayor técnico		Sargento primero técnico	Sargento segundo técnico				Cabo técnico		Aero técnico primera clase			Aero técnico básico
Rank group	Senior NCOs										Junior NCOs			Enlisted
Mexican Air Force^[9] v t e
Mexican Air Force^[9] v t e							Sargento primero			Sargento segundo		Cabo					Soldado
Nicaraguan Air Force^[10] v t e																	No insignia
Nicaraguan Air Force^[10] v t e	Suboficial primero		Suboficial segundo		Suboficial		Sargento primero	Sargento segundo		Sargento tercero				Soldado de primera			Soldado
Panama	No air force
Paraguayan Air Force^[11] v t e
Paraguayan Air Force^[11] v t e	Sub-oficial principal		Sub-oficial mayor		Sub-oficial	Sargento ayudante	Sargento primero	Vice sargento primero		Sargento segundo	Cabo primero	Cabo segundo					Soldado
Peruvian Air Force^[12] v t e
Peruvian Air Force^[12] v t e	Suboficial primero		Suboficial segundo		Suboficial tercero		Sargento primero	Sargento segundo				Cabo					Avionero
Spanish Air and Space Force^[13] v t e
Spanish Air and Space Force^[13] v t e	Suboficial mayor		Subteniente		Brigada		Sargento primero	Sargento		Cabo mayor	Cabo primero	Cabo		Soldado de primera			Soldado
Uruguayan Air Force^[14]^[15] v t e																	No insignia
Uruguayan Air Force^[14]^[15] v t e	Suboficial mayor/Supervisor Aerotécnica						Sargento de primera/Instructor Aerotécnico	Sargento/Aerotécnico Principal			Cabo de primera/Aerotécnico de Primera	Cabo de segunda/Aerotécnico de Segunda					Soldado de primera/Aerotécnico de Tercera	Aprendiz
Venezuelan Air Force^[16] v t e																	No insignia
Venezuelan Air Force^[16] v t e	Sargento supervisor		Sargento ayudante		Sargento mayor de primera		Sargento mayor de segunda	Sargento mayor de tercera	Sargento primero	Sargento segundo	Cabo primero	Cabo segundo		Distinguido			Aviador
Rank group	Senior NCOs										Junior NCOs			Enlisted

References

^ "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (6 January 2020). "Hoy te invitamos a conocer la jerarquía de los grados de Suboficiales, Sargentos y Tropa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "Grados". fach.cl (in Spanish). Department of Communications. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ "Grados Militares Fuerza Aérea Colombiana". fac.mil.co (in Spanish). Colombian Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force] (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Grados y Escalafones". fuerzaaerea.mil.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Air Force. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Army Ranks & Insignia". Ejército de Tierra. Ministry of Defence (Spain). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Ley N° 19775 Modificacion de la Ley Organica de Las Fuerzas Armadas" [Law No. 19775 Modification of the Organic Law of the Armed Forces] (in Spanish). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ "Manual de Uniformes de la Aviación Militar Bolivariana" (PDF). aviacion.mil.ve (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Venezuela). November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

[Argentina-1] "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[2] Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (6 January 2020). "Hoy te invitamos a conocer la jerarquía de los grados de Suboficiales, Sargentos y Tropa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Twitter.

[Chile_AirForce-3] "Grados". fach.cl (in Spanish). Department of Communications. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[Colombia_AirForce-4] "Grados Militares Fuerza Aérea Colombiana". fac.mil.co (in Spanish). Colombian Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[Cuba_Army&AirForce-5] "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[ElSalvador-6] "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Guatemala-7] "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Honduras-8] Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[Mexico_Army&AirForce-9] Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force] (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.

[Nicaragua-10] "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Paraguay_AirForce-11] "Grados y Escalafones". fuerzaaerea.mil.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Air Force. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[Peru-12] "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Spain-13] "Army Ranks & Insignia". Ejército de Tierra. Ministry of Defence (Spain). Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[Uruguay-14] Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[Uruguay2-15] "Ley N° 19775 Modificacion de la Ley Organica de Las Fuerzas Armadas" [Law No. 19775 Modification of the Organic Law of the Armed Forces] (in Spanish). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[Venezuela_AirForce-16] "Manual de Uniformes de la Aviación Militar Bolivariana" (PDF). aviacion.mil.ve (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Venezuela). November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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