page_title: Air marshal
section_title: Namibian Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: Air marshal / Other air forces / Namibian Air Force
context_page_description: Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated and it is used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including the Commonwealth, and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure.
  Air marshal is a three-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-8, equivalent to a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy or a lieutenant-general in the British Army or the Royal Marines. In other NATO forces, such as the United States Armed Forces and the Canadian Armed Forces, the equivalent three-star rank is lieutenant general.
  The rank of air marshal is immediately senior to the rank of air vice-marshal and immediately subordinate to the rank of air chief marshal.
  Officers in the rank of air marshal typically hold very senior appointments such as commander-in-chief of an air force or a large air force formation. Officers in the ranks of air chief marshal and air vice-marshal are also referred to generically as air marshals. Occasionally, air force officers of marshal rank are considered to be air marshals.
context_section_description: The Namibian Air Force adopted the RAF rank system in 2010 previously  having been using Army ranks and insignia. However the rank of Air Marshal was not used until 01 April 2020 when Martin Pinehas was promoted to that rank and appointed as Chief of the Namibian Defence Force.
caption: A Namibian Air Force air marshal rank insignia