General of the Air Force
General of the Air Force (GAF)[3] is a five-star general officer rank and is the highest possible rank in the United States Air Force. General of the Air Force ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to General of the Army in the United States Army and Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy. The rank has only been held by one man, General Henry H. Arnold, who had served as head of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. As the Air Force was a component of the Army instead of its own branch, the rank has never been held by a member of the Air Force.
General of the Air Force
United States
GAF
7 May 1949
Rank senior to General of the Air Force[edit]
The only United States Armed Forces rank senior to General of the Air Force is General of the Armies.[10] The rank of General of the Armies has only been granted to Generals John J. Pershing, Ulysses S. Grant and George Washington.