What is the rank of aircraft carrier captain? What level is it? We can find the answer from China's own aircraft carrier captain. The first captain of China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning Ship" was Zhang Zheng. At that time, his rank was senior colonel, which was roughly equivalent to an officer of a division. Before becoming the captain of an aircraft carrier, Zhang Zheng was a well-trained naval officer with rich experience as a destroyer captain.
The captain of China's second aircraft carrier "Shandong Ship" is Lai Yijun, and his rank is also a senior colonel. He and Zhang Zheng both graduated from Dalian Naval Academy, the cradle of China's naval generals, and worked hard in the army, becoming the captain of escort formation and frigate formation step by step, and finally becoming the captain of Shandong ship through organizational assessment.
So, what is the rank of senior colonel in the army? The current rank system in China is divided into three grades: 10. From the level of view, there are only three ranks of generals higher than senior colonel: general, lieutenant general and major general. In China, brigadier general is not established, but senior colonel is used to replace this rank, so as to increase the gold content of general rank. In other words, the rank of senior colonel is the top rank that ordinary soldiers strive for.
Besides China, what about the captain of the American aircraft carrier? As the country with the largest number of aircraft carriers in the world, the United States naturally has the largest number of aircraft carrier captains. Take Brett Crozel, former captain of the USS Roosevelt as an example. His rank is one head lower than that of the Chinese captain and belongs to the rank of colonel.
Judging from the current US aircraft carrier captains, the ranks are basically colonels. Although in the United States, the colonel is the highest rank in the field, but because they set up a "brigadier general" in the rank of general, the gold content of the colonel rank in the United States is actually lower than that of senior colonel in China.
However, this does not mean that the US military will relax its standards in the selection of aircraft carrier captains. The us military has extremely high requirements for the selection of captains. First, you must graduate from a domestic naval academy and obtain a master's degree. In addition, it must be selected by carrier-based pilots and have a lot of carrier-based flight experience.