Air Force Common Admission Test

Total No of Vacancies: 242

Job Location: All over India

Name of the Post & No of Vacancies:

Branches, Course Number and Vacancies

Entry	Branch	Course Number	Vacancies*
AFCAT Entry	Flying	208/20F/SSC/M & W	SSC - 60
	Ground Duty (Technical)	207/20T/PC/M 207/20T/SSC/M & W	AE(L) : PC - 28, SSC - 42 AE(M) : PC - 12 SSC - 20
	Ground Duty (Non-Technical)	207/20G/PC/M 207/20G/SSC/M & W	Admin : PC - 16, SSC - 24 Education :PC - 06, SSC - 10
NCC Special Entry	Flying	208/20F/PC/M 208/20F/SSC/M & W	10% seats out of CDSE vacancies for PC and 10% seats out of AFCAT vacancies for SSC
Meteorology Entry	Meteorology	207/20G/PC/M 207/20G/SSC/M & W	Met : PC - 10, SSC - 14

* Disclaimer: The vacancies indicated are tentative and subject to change without notice. Actual intake would depend on organisational requirements, various cadre control mechanisms, availability of training slots and actual number of vacancies accruing in July 2020. No representation in this regard will be entertained

Allowances In addition to pay, allowances are applicable based on the nature of duty/ place of posting and it includes Flying, Technical, Field Area, Special Compensatory (Hill area), Special Force, Siachen, Island Special Duty, Test Pilot & Flight Test Engineer, Area and Remote Locality Allowance.

Educational Qualification:

Name of Post	Qualification
AFCAT Entry Flying Branch SSC Entry( For Men & Women)	Minimum of 60% marks each in Maths & Physics at 10+2 level. Graduates (Three Year Course) in any discipline from a recognised University who have attained minimum 60% marks or equivalent OR BE/B Tech (Four Year Course) from a recognised university with minimum 60% marks or equivalent. Cleared Section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognised University with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent. Final Year students are also eligible to apply, provided they do not have any backlog at the time of AFSB Testing and produce Degree certificate issued by the University as per the date stipulated in the advertisement
AFCAT Entry Ground Duty (Technical)	Depending upon your stream of Engineering, you could join one of the sub branches of the Technical branch. Check the educational qualification required for the sub branches. After completion of Engineering degree or while in your final year/semester of Engineering For both Men and Women. Permanent Commission (for men) / Short Service Commission (For men and women) Marks - Must have scored a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent in any one of the listed disciplines. Final year students are eligible to apply provided they do not have any present backlog at the time of SSB testing and they produce provisional/ original degree issued by the University as per the date stipulated in the advertisement.
AFCAT Entry Ground Duty (Non Technical) Administration Branch	Graduate Degree (Minimum three year degree course) in any discipline from a recognised university with 60% marks or equivalent or cleared section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognised university with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent.
AFCAT Entry Ground Duty (Non Technical) Accounts Branch	B.Com degree (minimum three year degree course) from a recognised university with a minimum 60% marks or equivalent.
Flying Branch NCC Special Entry (For Men and Women)	Minimum 60% marks in each in Maths & Physics at 10 + 2 level. Graduate (Three Year Course) in any discipline from a recognised University with minimum 60% marks or equivalent. OR BE/B Tech (Four Year Course) from a recognised University with minimum 60% marks or equivalent OR Cleared Section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognised University with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent. Final Year/semester students are also eligible to apply, provided they do not have any present backlogs at the time of AFSB Testing and produce Degree certificate issued by the University as per the date stipulated in the advertisement. NCC Air Wing Senior Division ’C’ certificate and validity of the certificate would be two years before the date of advertisement.
Meteorology Entry	Post Graduation Degree in any science stream/Mathematics/Statistics/Geography/Computer Applications/Environmental Science/Applied Physics/Oceanography/Agricultural Meteorology/Ecology & Environment/Geo-physics/Environmental Biology. All candidates should have scored a minimum 50% marks in aggregate in all papers of Post Graduation put together (provided Maths & Physics were studied at Graduation level with a minimum of 55% marks in both).

Age Limit:

Name of the Category	Age Limit
Flying Branch	20 to 24 years as on 01 July 2020 i.e. born between 02 July 1996 to 01 July 2000 (both dates inclusive). Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot License issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable upto 26 years i.e. born between 02 July 1994 to 01 July 2000 (both dates inclusive).
Ground Duty (Technical/Non-Technical) Branches	20 to 26 years as on 01 July 2020 i.e. born between 02 July 1994 to 01 Jul 2000 (both dates inclusive).

Salary Details:

Pay on Commissioning (As per 7th CPC)

Rank	Pay as per Defence Matrix	Level	MSP
Flying Officer	Rs. 56100 - 110700	10	Rs. 15500/-

Note. Flight Cadets shall receive a fixed stipend of Rs 56,100/- per month during last one year of training.

Application Fee/Exam Fee: 

Online testing will be conducted for AFCAT entry at various centers. Candidates registering for AFCAT entry will have to pay an amount of Rs. 250/- as examination fee. However, candidates registering for NCC Special entry are not required to pay. Details of conduct, examination centers and mode of payment are available in the notification..

Eligible candidates can apply online through the Official website www.afcat.cdac.in from 01.06.2019 to 30.06.2019.