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Air Force Common Admission Test is conducted by Air Force selection Board for recruitment of ground staff and flying branches of the Indian Air Force (IAF). [1] Qualified applicants in the test are mandated to register for the five day Air Force Selection Board process. Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) is conducted in two stages.
Central Airmen Selection Board was formed as a selection board for Indian Air Force (IAF) at the New Delhi Air Force Station (AFND) and was entrusted with organising recruitment drive, conduct tests and design standard selection policies and procedures for appointing personnel in various positions of the forces .
Indian military academies The Combined Defence Services Examination ( CDS ) is a standardised test conducted annually by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment of officer cadets in the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA), and Officers Training Academy (OTA).
The Indian Air Force, as of October 2024, has a shortage of its fighter jet squadron count. The IAF has 31 combat squadrons as against a requirement of 42. This quantity is on par with the IAF's fighter fleet during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. The quantity was at its peak in 1996 at 42 squadron count which later declined to 35 in 2013 due ...
This article provides a list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces, as well as aircraft on order. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force .
Agnipath Scheme [1] (also spelled Agneepath Scheme) (Hindi: Agnīpath Yojanā, transl. Agnipath [Fireway] Scheme) is a tour of duty style scheme approved by the Government of India on 14 June 2022 and implemented in the country a few months later in September 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. [2]
The Royal Indian Navy had no Indian senior line officers and only a single Indian senior engineer officer, [33] while the Indian Air Force had no Indian senior officers in 1939, with the highest-ranking Indian air force officer a flight lieutenant. [33] [34] In World War II, the Indian Army began the war in 1939 with just under 200,000 men.
The FIS trains operational pilots of the Indian Armed Forces and friendly foreign countries to be flying instructors. Pilots of the Indian Air Force, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and friendly foreign countries join and graduate from the School as Qualified Flying Instructor.