Marshal of the Air Force: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Marshal of the Air Force is a generic term for the most senior rank in an air force, equivalent to Field Marshal or Fleet Admiral. The oldest such rank is the British Marshal of the Royal Air Force. The United States Air Force uses General of the Air Force instead. The Luftwaffe used the same rank as the German Army, namely Generalfeldmarschall.

List of Marshals of the Air Force

Egypt

• HM King Farouk (1920-1965)
• 26 July 1952 - HM King Fuad II (b.1952)

Germany

• 4 February 1938 - Hermann Göring (1893-1945)
• 19 July 1940 - Albert Kesselring (1885-1960)
• 19 July 1940 - Erhard Milch (1892-1972)
• 19 July 1940 - Hugo Sperrle (1885-1953)
• 16 February 1943 - Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895-1945)
• 25 April 1945 - Robert Ritter von Greim (1892-1945)

Iraq

• 8 September 1933 - HM King Ghazi (1912-1939)
• 6 April 1939 - HRH Prince Abdul Illah (1913-1958)
• 2 May 1953 - HM King Faisal II (1935-1958)

Italy

• August 1933 - Italo Balbo (1896-1940)

Jordan

• HM King Hussein of Jordan (1935-1999)
• 7 February 1999 - HM King Abdullah II (b.1962)

United Kingdom

• List of Marshals of the Royal Air Force

The rank also exists or has existed (on paper at least) in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Turkey and South Vietnam, but not all of these countries have probably actually ever used it.