INVITES SPIRITED AND DYNAMIC WOMEN TO JOIN THE INDIAN AIR FORCE AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN FLYING, TECHNICAL AND

GROUND DUTY BRANCHES. REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN ON 07 JUNE 2014 AND WILL CLOSE ON 03 JULY 2014

AIR FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST ( AFCAT ) - 02 / 2014

1. Applications are invited from Female Indian Citizens as per Citizenship Act 1955 for the following
courses commencing in July 2015 for grant of Short Service Commission in Flying, Technical and
Ground Duty Branches.

(b). Educational Qualifications:

Branch
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COURSES COMMENCING IN JULY 2015

Accounts

FLYING BRANCH
No. 198/15F/SSC/W ( Short Service Commission)
Education

TECHNICAL BRANCH
No. 197/15T/SSC/W ( Short Service Commission)
GROUND DUTY BRANCHES
No. 197/15G/SSC/W ( Short Service Commission)

Candidates are to apply only online on IAF career website

www.careerairforce.nic.in from 07 June 2014 to 03 July 2014.
Last date for submission of Online applications: 03 July 2014.
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

2. Flying Branch - 198/15F/SSC/W

(a) Age: 19 to 23 years as on 01 July 2015 i.e. Born between 02 July 1992 to 01 July 1996 (Both dates
inclusive).
(Upper age limit for Candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India)
is relaxable upto 25 years i.e. born between 02 July 1990 to 01 July 1996 (Both dates inclusive).
(b) Educational Qualifications: 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.
(c) Physical Standards
(i) Height and Weight: 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.
(ii) Vision: (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 in
Transport 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 would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical Authorities whose decision
on the fitness would be final.

Candidates who have failed the Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT) in an earlier attempt OR
a Flight Cadet suspended from flying training at Air Force Academy will not be eligible to apply.
3. Technical Branch - 197/15T/SSC/W
(a) Age: 18 to 28 years as on 01 July 2015 i.e. Born between 02 July 1987 to 01 July 1997 (both dates
inclusive).
(b) Educational Qualifications:
(i) 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 given in Para 4 (a).
(ii) 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).
4. Essential Subjects for Technical Branch:
(a) Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics) {AE (L)}. All candidates applying for AE(L) branch should
have scored a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in all papers put together and studied at least
eight subjects out of the eighteen subjects listed below in their qualifying exam:(L1) Physics / Engineering Physics (L2) Mathematics / Engineering Mathematics (L3) Engineering
Graphics / Engineering Drawing (L4) Electrical Engineering / Electrical Technology (L5) Control
Engineering (L6) Microprocessors (L7) Digital Electronics / Basic Electronics (L8) Computer Networks
(L9) Information Technology (L10) Network Theory Design (L11) Telecommunication Systems (L12)
Electronic Circuit Design (L13) Radar Theory (L14) Switching Theory (L15) Instrumentation (L16)
Microwave Engineering (L17) Antenna and Wave Propagation (L18) Electronic Devices.
(b) Aeronautical Engineer (Mechanical) {AE (M)}. All candidates applying for AE(M) branch should
have scored a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in all papers put together and studied at least
eight subjects out of the eighteen subjects listed below in their qualifying exam:(M1) Physics / Engineering Physics (M2) Engineering Maths / Mathematics (M3) Engineering Drawing /
Graphics (M4) Automotive Engineering / Plant Engineering / Industrial Engineering (M5) Engineering
Mechanics / Strength of Material (M6) Aerodynamics (M7) Thermodynamics and Applications / Heat
Power Engineering (M8) Heat and Mass Transfer (M9) Theory of Machines (Kinematics and Dynamics
of Machinery) (M10) Fluid Mechanics / Turbo Machines (M11) Flight Mechanics (M12) Machine Drawing
/ Machine Design (M13) Mechatronics (M14) Material Science / Metallurgy (M15) Vibrations (M16)
Workshop Technology / Manufacturing Technology / Production Engineering (M17) Hydraulics and
Pneumatics (M18) Aircraft Structures.
(c) Physical Standards
(i) Height and Weight: Minimum height :- Women - 152 Cms with correlated weight .
(ii) All other medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical Authorities whose decision on the
fitness would be final.
5. Ground Duty Branches - 197/15G/SSC/W
(a) Age : (As on 01 July 2015)
Born between
(both dates inclusive)
20 to 23 Years 02 July 1992 to 01 July 1995

Age limit

For Graduates
For Post Graduates / LLB ( Five years
integrated course).

20 to 25 Years 02 July 1990 to 01 July 1995

For LLB (Three years course after Graduation). 20 to 26 Years 02 July 1989 to 01 July 1995
For M Ed / Ph D / CA / ICWA

20 to 27 Years 02 July 1988 to 01 July 1995

Qualification
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.
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 (M Com) / CA /
ICWA with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together.
Post Graduate Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put
together.

NOTE : A separate advertisement will be released for induction into Meteorology Branch through 197/15G/SSC/W.
Please refer Employment News dated 12 July 2014.

(c) Physical Standards

(i) Height and Weight: Minimum height :- Women - 152 Cms with correlated weight .
(ii) All other medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical Authorities whose decision on the
fitness would be final.
6. Candidates appearing in final year/semester examinations may apply for all courses commencing in
July 2015 provided they fulfil the following conditions:(a) Candidates should not have any present backlog and should have secured a minimum of 60% marks in
aggregate in all papers put together upto the last semester / year for which results have been declared at the
time of online submission and at the time of SSB.
(b) Candidates should be able to provide provisional / original degree certificate issued by University latest by
15 June 2015.

TYPE OF COMMISSION :
7. Short Service Commission:
(a)The Engagement period for SSC Flying Branch is Fourteen years from the date of Commissioning (Not
extendable).
(b) The initial tenure for Short Service Commission officers in Technical and Ground Duty Branches would be
for a period of ten years. An extension of four years may be granted subject to willingness, service requirements
and availability of vacancies.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
8. All applicants whose applications are submitted by due date will be called for Air Force Common
Admission Test (AFCAT) and Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) (for candidates applied for technical
branch only) to be conducted on 31 August 2014 (Sunday) at one of the examination centres mentioned
below. Candidates will be required to login to their candidate login account 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 papers and syllabus of AFCAT is available on IAF career website
www.careerairforce.nic.in. EKT would be for 30 minutes and conducted immediately after AFCAT.
9. Candidates who are short-listed on the basis of Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) will be
called for further testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) at Dehradun, Mysore,
Gandhinagar or Varanasi. The testing would consist of three stages as given below.
(a) Stage-I Test consisting of Intelligence Test along with other tests will be conducted on the first
day. Stage-I test is a screening test and only those who qualify would undergo subsequent testing.
All Stage-I qualified candidates would be subjected to document check to ascertain their eligibility
for the branches applied for. Those candidates who either do not qualify in Stage I testing or do not
meet the required eligibility criteria would be sent back on the first day itself.
(b) Stage-II testing consisting of Psychological test, Group Tests and Interview will be conducted
on subsequent days (Five Days).
(c) For Flying Branch:Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT) would be administered to eligible
candidates.

10. Change of Interview Dates. Request for change of SSB interview date should be avoided.
However, as an exception, such change may be considered based on the circumstances of the case.
Request for such change should be forwarded to the respective AFSB from where the call letter for SSB
interview has been received and not to Air Headquarters / AFCAT Cell. The AFSBs may consider
change of date at their discretion.
11. Medical Examination will be conducted at AFCME, New Delhi or IAM Bengaluru based on the
recommendations at AFSB. Non reporting of candidates on allotted date for medicals could lead to
cancellation of candidature.
12. Candidates recommended by the AFSBs and declared medically fit will be detailed for training in
the order of all India Merit list depending on the number of vacancies available in various branches/ sub
branches.
13. No compensation will be paid in respect of any injury sustained during the testing at AFSB.
14. 10% of the vacancies are reserved for NCC Air Wing 'C' certificate holders in Technical and Ground
Duty Branches.
15. Onus of meeting the eligibility criteria rests with the applicant. Merely undergoing AIR
FORCE COMMON ADMISSION TEST (AFCAT) / SSB testing would not constitute fulfilment of
eligibility requirements.

16. How to Apply

(a) If you meet the eligibility criteria, please click on CANDIDATE LOGIN in the career website of IAF
www.careerairforce.nic.in and follow the instructions. You are advised to note down Registration
number for future correspondence. Candidates are advised to read the notification for AFCAT
02 / 2014 & the detailed guidelines for filling up Online application as given in the website
www.careerairforce.nic.in prior to commencement of filling up Online applications. While filling
Online application, it is advisable to keep the relevant documents readily available, as details are to be
filled as per matriculation & other educational certificates. Please save your recent colour passport size
photograph (size 10 to 50 KB) in the computer for attaching to your Online application form.Please note
that utmost care needs to be taken while filling up the Online application. In case any information is
found to be incorrect then the candidature is likely to be cancelled at any stage of the selection process.
(b) Details of Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) Centres are appended below and would be
allocated in order of submission of applications. AFCAT centre once allotted would not be changed
under any circumstances.

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 .
Note 1: Candidates may contact AFCAT Cell on Phone No 011-26160286 / 26160289 / 26160459 (Direct)
or 011-23010231 Extn 7905 to resolve any query regarding Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT)
and application procedure. Query timings 09:00hrs to 17:00hrs (Monday to Friday). E-Mail queries may
be addressed to [email protected]. AFCAT cell will be operational from 07 Jun 14 to 24 Aug 14 only.
Note 2: Candidates who are debarred by the Ministry of Defence from holding any type of commission in
Defence Services shall not be eligible for admission to AFCAT examination and if admitted, their candidature will
be cancelled.
Note 3: All SSB related e-mails to be directed to [email protected] and not to [email protected].
17. Government employees also need to apply online after obtaining necessary permission from their
concerned departments and they are to produce NOC at the time of AFSB testing.
TRAINING

18. Training is scheduled to commence in the first week of July 2015 for all courses.
19. 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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20. Pay and Allowances:- Flying Officers will be entitled to Pay in Pay Band of Rs 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 given below:(a) Flying Branch:-

Rs 72,150/-

(b) Technical Branch:-

Rs 63,400/-

(c) Ground Duty Branches :-

Rs 60,900/-

21. 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.
22. Insurance: - Rs. 50 Lakh Insurance Cover (on contribution) is applicable to serving officers.
Additional cover of Rs 3.5 Lakh (on contribution) is applicable to Flying Branch Officers.
23. 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 TA will be paid. For all other modes of travel, TA will 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.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
24. In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of
grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the University
from where they have obtained the degree. In case the University does not have any scheme for
converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the
candidates CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100. The onus
of proving the conversion from grade/CGPA to percentage of marks would rest with the
candidate.

25. Candidates are required to maintain their unique E-Mail ID active throughout the selection process.
26. Terms and conditions given in the advertisement are guidelines only and are subject to change without
notice.
27. Candidates below 25 years of age must be unmarried. Marriage is not permitted during training. Married
candidates above 25 years of age are eligible to apply but during training period they will neither be provided
married accommodation nor can they live out with family.
28. Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on inner face of forearm i.e. from inside of elbow to the wrist
and on the reverse side of palm/ back (dorsal) side of hand. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the
body are not acceptable. Tribes with tattoo marks on the face or body as per their existing custom and
traditions will be permitted on a case to case basis.
29. Candidate should not have been arrested, convicted or prosecuted on criminal charges.
30. Candidates must carry Admit Card and a valid photo identity card such as passport, driving licence,
voter identity card, college identity card or any other valid photo identity proof while reporting for Air
Force Common Admission Test and for SSB Interview at Air Force Selection Board. The admit card
which is attested at the AFCAT centre is to be carried for the SSB interview.
31. The candidature for the courses commencing in July 2015 will be valid only if the proof of meeting
eligibility criteria is submitted latest by 15 June 2015.
32. SSC Officers of 197/15G/SSC/W and 197/15T/SSC/W Course in Accounts, Education Branches and
Technical Branch may be considered for grant of PC based on vacancies, service requirements, suitability,
merit and willingness.
33. Women candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply in response to this
advertisement.
34. One year antedate seniority will be granted to the candidates of Technical Branch Courses.
35. Online modification of submitted applications may be carried out for name (spelling) and address only
on 04 and 05 Jul 14.
36. Candidates who have been withdrawn / suspended from Defence Training Establishments on grounds of
discipline are not eligible to apply.
37. Use of mobile phone inside AFSBs is prohibited.
38. Physical Conditioning: Prospective candidates are advised to keep themselves in good physical condition
to adapt to physical training at AFA which encompasses running, swimming, rope climbing and other forms of
physical training / conditioning in which they would undergo mandatory tests during training.
39. Disclaimer: Information given in the advertisement and on the website
are guidelines only. In case of
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40. Statutory Warning: Selection in the Indian Air Force is free, fair and merit based. Any attempt to
influence the selection process detected at any stage is liable to lead to termination of candidature or
service and legal action against the concerned individual will be initiated.

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