See related link 'US Military Basic Pay Chart 2010 - Officers' at the bottom. A General (four stars) is pay grade O-10.
An Air Force four star General officer.
Five Star General - GOAF (General of the Air Force) this is reserved for wartime only. Four Star General - during peacetime this is the highest ranking officer in the Air Force. But if you're talking about highest officer rank that is NOT a General rank. It would be Colonel.
In the US Army, US Air Force, and US Marine Corps: Brigadier General (one star) Major General (two star) Lieutenant General (three star) General (four star) General of the Army (five star) If this is not the specific military force you are looking for, see related link "International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia Around the World"
Norton A. Schwartz is the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and is a Four-Star General.
There are no 5 star air force generals
Army, Air Force and Marine Corps: One-star general: Brigadier GeneralTwo-star general: Major GeneralThree-star general: Lieutenant GeneralFour-star general: General Navy: One-star admiral: Rear Admiral (Lower Half)Two-star admiral: Rear Admiral (Upper Half)Three-star admiral: Vice AdmiralFour-star admiral: Admiral Rear Admiral (Lower Half) used to be called Commodore. They got rid of this rank because too many higher-ranking commanders would reject Commodores assigned to their commands with the phrase "send me a real admiral." So now they're real admirals. The Army and Air Force also have a five-star general rank--the Army calls theirs General of the Army, the Air Force calls theirs General of the Air Force. The five-star rank in the Navy is Fleet Admiral. The Marine Corps' rank structure has no five-star rank. Nine men have worn the five-star rank: Generals of the Army
As stated in the United States Code, the number of four star generals has a limit in every department. For the US Army, the maximum is 230, Air force totals to 208, and for the Marine Corps is 60.
No. The need for a 5 star general for the United States began during World War 2 and was stopped after the promotion of Gen. Omar Bradley. Since the Marine Corps is a part of the Department of the Navy it is very unlikely that a Marine Corps general would ever get promoted to the rank of a '5 Star' general.
Four Star Air Cargo was created in 1982.
Yes, there is a retired General named Mark A. Welsh III. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, he held various leadership positions in the Air Force.
Four Star Air Cargo Has ceased operations.
There are four ranks of colonel in the United States Air Force: colonel (O-6), brigadier general (O-7), major general (O-8), and lieutenant general (O-9).