U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024
§ 9151.
Commissioned officer grades
The commissioned grades in the Regular Air Force and in the Space Force are:
(1)
Major general.
(2)
Brigadier general.
(3)
Colonel.
(4)
Lieutenant colonel.
(5)
Major.
(6)
Captain.
(7)
First lieutenant.
(8)
Second lieutenant.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 507, § 8281; renumbered § 9151, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1741(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 679.)
cite as: 10 USC 9151