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In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services. The pay grade for the rank of lieutenant colonel is O-5.
This process will repeat at the 13-16 year mark for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and then around the twenty-year mark for promotion to Colonel. The five-star grade General of the Air Force has only been held by General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold. Federal law currently contains no provisions to promote an officer to five-star grade.
Shawna Kimbrell. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell (born April 20, 1976; née Ng A Qui) is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, and the first female African-American fighter pilot in the history of that service. She flew the F-16 Fighting Falcon during combat missions in Operation Northern Watch. She is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base ...
This week, they spotlight the service of Lt. Col. Kitty Meyers who served in the United States Air Force. Meyers grew up in a suburb of Baltimore called Catonsville, Maryland.
A colonel (/ ˈ k ɜːr n əl /) in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general. Colonel is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in the other uniformed services.
airman or. aviator. v. t. e. Lieutenant colonel (UK: / lɛfˈtɛnənt ˈkɜːrnəl / lef-TEN-ənt KUR-nəl, US: / luːˈtɛn -/ loo-TEN-) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant ...
Geraldine Pratt May. Edward O. McComas. James W. McCord Jr. Charles McGee (pilot) Claude C. McRaven. Martha McSally. Virgil K. Meroney. John W. Mitchell (United States Air Force) Rudy Moise.
American Airlines Pilot - one of the first Hispanic women to become a commercial airline captain. Lieutenant Colonel Olga E. Custodio [note 1] (born 1953) is a former United States Air Force officer who became the first female Hispanic U.S. military pilot. She was the first Hispanic woman to complete U.S. Air Force military pilot training.