How many years do you have to serve in the Indian Air Force?
For Flying Branch:- Fourteen years from the date of commissioning (Non-extendable). For Ground Duty (Technical & Non-technical):- Ten years from the date of commissioning. An extension of four years may be granted subject to service requirements, availability of vacancies, suitability, merit and willingness.
Can Afcat officers get permanent commission?
The notification for AFCAT 2 2020 is released and there is no permanent service commission granted for women initially,once you have joined in SSC after 10+4 years of service you may apply for Permanent commission.
What are the allowances that IAF officers are entitled to?
The allowances that IAF officers are entitled to are Flying Allowance to Flying Branch Officers, Technical Allowance to Technical Branch Officers. The allowances are admissible based on the place of posting, nature of duty.
How to become a flying officer in Indian Air Force?
Officers of the flying branch in IAF are selected through Permanent commission and Short service commission. In short service commission, the period of service is 14 years (not extendable except exceptional cases) as per present rules. Most of the officers under this category fly transport aircraft or helicopters.
What is the retirement age of an Indian Air Force officer?
For permanent commission, an officer has to serve till superannuation which vary from 54 years to 60 years depending on rank at which he is retiring. service is pensionable after 20 years of tenure in IAF. He can be given premature retirement on medical or compassionate reasons.
How to become an Air Force Technical Branch officer?
Elevate your ability to lead diverse and inclusive teams successfully. Training for technical branch is provided in two steps. Initial phase of 22 weeks of training is provided in Airforce Academy Dundigal. This include general service training and military training.