Indian Air Force - Job Details
AFCAT (Commissioned Officers) jobs opportunity in Indian Air Force
Invites Enterprising & Adventurous Men/Female to join The Indian Air Force As Commissioned Officers In Flying, Technical And Ground Duty Branches
| No. | Branch | Qualification | Age | |
| 199/16F/SSC/M (Short Service Commission) | Flying Branch | Graduates (Minimum three year degree course) in any discipline from a recognised University who have attained minimum 60% marks in aggregate in all papers put together and have passed Maths and Physics at 10+2 level or BE/B Tech degree (Four year course) from a recognised University with minimum 60% marks in aggregate in all papers put together | 20 to 24 years as on 01 January 2016 | |
| 198/16T/PC/M & 198/16T/SSC/M | Technical Branch | Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics) {AE (L)} | Candidates
applying for AE (L) branch would be eligible if they have undergone a minimum of four year degree qualification from a recognised University or cleared Sections A and B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India or Graduate membership examination of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers by actual studies. Candidates should also fulfil conditions |
20 to 26 years
as on 01 January 2016
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| Aeronautical Engineer (Mechanical) | {AE (M)}.
Candidates applying for AE (M) branch would be eligible if they have undergone a minimum of four year degree qualification from a recognised University or cleared Sections A and B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India by actual studies. Candidates should also fulfil conditions given in Para 4 (b) |
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| 198/16G/PC/M & 198/16G/SSC/M | Ground Duty
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Administration
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Graduate Degree
(Minimum three year degree course) in any discipline with a minimum
of 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together or a Post Graduate Degree / equivalent Diploma in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together |
20 to 26 years
as on 01 January 2016
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Graduate Degree in Commerce (B Com)(Minimum three year degree course) with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together or Post Graduate Degree in Commerce (MCom) / CA/ ICWA with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together. | |||
| Education | Post Graduate Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together | |||
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Physical Standards | |
| Height and Weight | Vision | |
| Flying Branch | Minimum height : 162.5 cms with correlated weight, Leg Length : Min -99 cms. Max - 120 cms.Thigh Length : Max - 64 cms.Sitting Height : Min - 81.5 cms. Max - 96 cms. | (a) Minimum
Visual Acuity 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other, correctable to 6/6
only for hypermetropia. (b) Manifest Myopia - Nil. (c) LASIK Surgery for correction of vision is admissible inTransport and Helicopter streams of Short Service Commission (Flying Branch) if the following conditions are fulfilled at the time of Air Force medical examination:- (i) LASIK Surgery should not have been carried out before the age of 20 years. (ii) The axial length of the eye should not be more than 25.5 mm as measured by IOL master. (iii) At least twelve months should have lapsed post uncomplicate stable LASIK. No history or evidence of any complication. (iv) The post LASIK corneal thickness as measured by a corneal pachymeter should not be less than 450 microns. (v) Individuals with high refractive errors (>6D) prior to LASIK are to be excluded. Candidates must not suffer from colour or night blindness. (iii) All other medical criteria |
| Technical Branch | Minimum height :- Men - 157.5 Cms with correlated weight . | All other
medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical
Authorities whose decision on the fitness would be final. |
| Ground Duty Branches | Minimum height :- Men - 157.5 Cms with correlated weight | All other
medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical
Authorities whose decision on the fitness would be fina |
Pay and Allowances:- Flying Officers will be entitled to Pay in Pay Band of ` 15,600 - 39,100 per month along with Grade Pay, Military Service Pay, Dearness Allowance, Kit Maintenance Allowance, Transport Allowance. In addition, other allowances are applicable based on nature of duty / place of posting and would include Flying Allowance, Technical Allowance, Field Area Allowance, Special Compensatory (Hill area) Allowance, Special Force Allowance, Siachin Allowance, Island Special Duty Allowance, Test Pilot & Flight Test Engineer Allowance, Hard Area Allowance and Remote Locality Allowance. On successful completion of Training, the newly Commissioned Flying Officers would be entitled to approximate gross monthly emoluments in different branches including Transport Allowance of major cities as follows- (a) Flying Branch Rs.74,264/- (b) Technical Branch- Rs./65,514/- (c) Ground Duty Branches-Rs.63,014/-
Benefits :- In addition to the Pay & Allowances, Officers are entitled to Furnished Accommodation, Comprehensive Medical Cover for self and dependants, Leave Travel Concession, Leave (60 days Annual and 20 days Casual) subject to service exigency, supply of entitled rations, canteen & Officers’ Mess facilities and many more
Insurance : - 50 Lakh Insurance Cover (on contribution) is applicable to serving officers. Additional cover of ` 3.5 Lakh (on contribution) is applicable to Flying Branch Officers. 24. TA: - Traveling Allowance by the shortest route for AC-III Tier Mail/ Express Trains to and fro for the journey from the place of Call Up or departure (whichever is nearer) is admissible. Change of address, if any, must be intimated to the Board well before your arrival. You shall furnish the railway ticket/ bus ticket (hard copy) to the Board, failing which no TAwill be paid. For all other modes of travel, TAwill be admissible as per the government authorized rules. No TA is admissible, if you have already appeared for the same type of entry at any of the Selection Boards
Selection Procedure : All applicants whose online applications have been successfully submitted will be called for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) and Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) (applicable only for candidates applying for technical branch) to be conducted on 22 February 2015 (Sunday) at one of the examination centres mentioned below. Candidates will be required to login to their candidate login accounts regularly for information on AFCAT, EKT(if applicable) and AFSB testing. The AFCAT will be of two hours duration and will contain multiple choice questions on verbal ability, numerical ability, reasoning, general awareness and military aptitude. Sample question paper and syllabus of AFCAT is available on IAF career website. For Flying Branch: Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT) would be administered to eligible candidates
AFCAT Centres : Ambala, Amritsar, Allahabad, Agra, Ahmedabad, Barnala, Bathinda, Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Bagdogra, Bareilly, Chandigarh, Chabua, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Darbhanga, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Guwahati, Halwara, Hashimara, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jorhat, Jaipur, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kalaikunda (Kharagpur), Kochi, Leh, Lucknow, Mumbai, Mohanbari, Mysore, Nal (Bikaner), Nagpur, Ojhar (Nasik), Pathankot, Patna, Pune, Port Blair, Salua (Kharagpur), Srinagar, Suratgarh, Sirsa, Saharanpur, Shillong, Silchar, Sulur (Coimbatore), Thane, Tezpur, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Vadodara, Varanasi
Training : Training is scheduled to commence in the first week of January 2016 for all courses. The duration of training for Flying and Technical Branches is 74 weeks and that of Ground Duty Branches is 52 weeks at Air Force Training Establishments.
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The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8 October 1932.Its first ac flight came into being on 01 Apr 1933. It possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers). The aircraft inventory comprised of four Westland Wapiti IIA army co-operation biplanes at Drigh Road as the "A" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co- operation) Squadron
