TRAVELLING
1. You
are entitled to travel by rail in Second Class Sleeper. If your home
town is not connected to Secunderabad by rail you can travel by road.
You will be entitled to road mileage allowance as admissible under
the rules to Grade II officers. You are to travel at your own expense
and the amount you are entitled to will be refunded by AFA Hyderabad.
All candidates are to be in possession of train / bus tickets and
supporting documents to claim the same. Airmen Candidates
are entitled to travel by mode / class entitled to their present rank
from their unit to Academy.
RECEPTION
2. A reception centre will be established
at Secunderabad city Railway Station Exit gate from 0900 hrs
on the day of your arrival. Your move from Railway Station to Air
Force Academy will be arranged by the reception centre. The Movement
Control Officer (MCO) at the railway station can also be
contacted for guidance.
REPORTING
3. You are required
to report for training on the due date and time as specified in the
covering letter. Reporting late without proper authority is not permissible.
In case you report early please make your own arrangement until you
report to reception centre as per laid down instructions.
DURATION
OF TRAINING & FITNESS
4. (a)
The duration of training will be 74 weeks for Flying
& Technical branch and 52 weeks in
case of non-tech branches. However, this period is subject
to variations.
(b) The training at AFA demands a very
high level of physical fitness. Outdoor activities are given equal
importance as academics. Failure to achieve the desired standards
in outdoor training or academics will render your training to be
terminated. Therefore, it is in your interest that you are physically
and mentally prepared to undergo the rigorous of training. You will
be required to participate in athletics, cross country and games,
so you should keep yourself fit to undertake physical exercise like
sit ups, push ups, short and long distance running etc. If you have
any sportswear / equipment like football boots, tennis racquet or
golf sets, please bring them along with you.
RAGGING
5. Ragging in any form
is strictly prohibited at all Air Force Training Establishments. Such
an act / incident, if any, is to be brought to the notice of appropriate
authority in the Training Establishment.
ACCOMMODATION
6. You will be provided
suitable accommodation during the period of training. It will be free
of cost for those joining Flying / Ground Duty Officer Courses whereas
on rent as per government rates would be charged from Under Training
Flying Officers (i.e. of Tech Courses / Mete branch of Ground Duty
Officer Course). Permission to live out under own arrangement will
not be granted during training period.
MESSING
7. Free Messing will be
arranged in the Flight Cadets Mess as per the entitlement. You may
be charged for allied services as per the current rates.
MEDICAL
(a) Free medical facilities
will be provided to you during training period. Please note that
you will not be entitled to claim any compensation for any injury
sustained while under training. If you have any injury or have fallen
sick after your Air Force Medical Examination, you are required
to intimate AFA about the same on arrival.
(b) A medical certificate
as per proforma at Appendix ‘B’ completed
by you and a qualified medical practitioner is to be furnished to
the AFA on your arrival.
(c) You are required
to continue to maintain your medical fitness for the said course.
Another medical examination would be held immediately after you
join AFA Your medical fitness for commissioning in the Air Force,
which was intimated to you vide your Initial / Appeal / Review Medical
Board, held at AFCME / IAM /Air HQ / AFMC / AHRR,
as applicable, will be re-confirmed. Any shortfall in medical fitness
will lead to your being declared medically unfit to join the Air
Force and you would be returned home. Please be especially careful
about your weight, which should be within permissible limits of
your ideal weight as has been informed to you at the time of Initial/Appeal
Medical Examination at IAM / AFCME / Air HQ.
LEAVE / DISCIPLINE
(a) While under training,
no leave will be granted except on medical or compassionate grounds.
Wedding ceremonies, festivals and similar occasions will not be
considered as compassionate reasons for leave. The grant of leave
will always be subject to exigencies of training. If a trainee officer
fails to report at the academy after expiry of the leave period,
his/her commission/cadetship is liable to be terminated in absentia.
The cost of training and other expenses upon such termination become
payable by him / her or his / her guarantor to the government, as
in the case of voluntary withdrawal from training.
(b) While undergoing
training at AFA, you will be governed by the rules and regulations
in force and those which may be laid down in future. An indifferent
attitude towards training may amount to deliberate failure and termination
of training and he/she may be required to pay the entire cost of
training. U/T Flying Officers / Flight Cadets considered indisciplined
and suspended on these grounds will be debarred from entering Defence
Services in any capacity. Technical & Met branch trainee officers
will be governed by AF Act 1950 and Rules thereof. Therefore, they
may be tried by a Court Martial or punished otherwise for any of
the offences as laid down in the Act.
(c) Ex-airmen cadets
/ Under Training Fg Offrs are entitled for free railway conveyance
on FRW by entitled Class, once annually during the term break to
and from their homes.
CLOTHING
10. To equip you with
correct kitting requirements during training, as also subsequently
during your service career post commissioning, certain items (including
various uniforms) will be issued to you on arrival at AFA, whose payment
will be effected through the Outfit Allowance which you will be entitled
to. Certain other items will also be issued to you on arrival at AFA
and payment effected subsequently. Some of these items are:-
(a) Curtains
(b) Pillow
(c) Swimming Costume
(d) Rain Coat
(e) Water Bottle
(f) Glass drinking
(g) Coffee Mugs
(h) Table Lamps
(j) Bucket & Mug
(k) Blanket
(l) Hangers
(m) 04 Bed sheets and 02 Pillow Cover
(n) Sport Shoes (One Pair)
11.
You should be in possession of the following
items of clothing on arrival at AFA: -
- Towels
- Slippers
- Mosquito Net
- Handkerchief
White (One Dozen)
- Night Suit
- Dressing Gown
- Alarm Clock
- Hanger (Six)
- Electric Iron
12. To ensure uniformity and correctness
of pattern the following items will be issued to you by the Academy
on payment/ issue, as applicable: -
-
Sports T-Shirts Squadron
Colour (Two)
-
Academy Blazer (One)
-
Black Socks Nylon
(Two pairs)
-
Air Force Tie (One)
-
Academy Tie and Scarf
(One Each)
-
Shorts White (Two)
-
T Shirt White (Two)
-
Trousers White (Three)
-
Shirt White (Full
Sleeves) (Three)
-
Socks White (Two Pairs)
-
Black Shoes (One Pair)
13. In case of Airmen
candidates the cost of items listed above would be met from the
pay and allowances that they receive whilst their training at AFA.
POCKET ALLOWANCE
-
You must carry at
least Rs 10,000/- as pocket allowance to meet your
initial kitting requirements. This is to meet the cost of kit issued
to you and not covered by outfit allowance. This may be carried
by a DD to be in favour of PMC, Flight Cadets’ Mess payable
at SBI Dundigal / Secunderabad / Hyderabad.
FOR CANDIDATES JOINING TECHNICAL COURSES (AE (L) &
AE (M))
While proceeding for training,
you are advised to bring the books listed below, if available with you:
-
- Microprocessor and Interfacing by Douglas
Hall
- Microprocessor Systems, the 8086/88 family
by Liu and Gibson
- Teach yourself Unix
- Any DOS preliminary Book
- Unix programming by Rebecca Thomas
- 'C' Programming Language by Kerningam,
Ritche
- Theory and Problems in programming language
'C' Schaum series by Bryan Gottfried
- Automobile Engineering - For Mechanical
Stream
- Text book on Communication Engeering,
Radar and Microwave Engineering - Electronics Stream
DECLARATION
The text of various declarations
which have to be completed before your reporting for training are given
at Appendices attached. Please read the text of the declarations carefully
and submit them as per instructions.
RESIGNATIONS / WITHDRAWAL
-
Please note that in
case you wish to withdraw from training for any reason whatsoever
or refuse to accept the commission, if offered, you will be required
to pay the entire cost of training to the Government as per the
undertaking given by yourself / your parents / guarantor. This amount
will have to be deposited by you before your resignation or request
for withdrawal from training is forwarded to the higher authorities
by the Training Institute.
DOCUMENTS
- Following documents duly completed
must be handed over to the Training Coordination Officer on arrival,
without which you will not be permitted to join course.
(a) Form of Oath / Affirmation as per Appendix ‘A’
(b) Medical certificate as per Appendix ‘B’
(c) Declarations etc. duly executed/completed as per Appendices
‘C’ to ‘E’
(d) All Original Certificates from 10th Standard to the Qualifying
examination.
(e) 15 copies of passport size photographs for arrival formalities.
(f) Copy of PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.
MISCELLANEOUS
-
You are neither allowed
to keep any pets in AFA nor any private servant. Use of the following
items is not permissible, so please do not bring them :-
(a) Music / Wireless sets
(b) Motor Cycles, Bicycles and Cars
(c) Air Guns, Pistols, Fire arms and ammunitions
(d) Articles of value such as jewellery etc.
(e) Electric heaters
(f) Radio / Transistors
(g) Mobile Phone
WILL
You are required to execute a 'WILL',
the text of which is given at Appendix 'F' and hand
over the same at the AFA.
MARRIAGE
-
Candidates less then
25 years of age are required to be unmarried in order to join training.
‘Unmarried’ excludes widows and divorcees even though
without encumbrances. However, marriage is no bar for candidates
above 25 years. You will not be permitted to marry during the period
of training. You will not be allowed to live with family during
the period of training, even if you are married and above 25 years
of age.
FOR AIRMEN CANDIDATES
(a) Airmen candidates
will report for training with their full kit. Items for personal
and public clothing will be deposited in AFA Lgs Section on form
IAFF (Q) 402. On completion of training action in terms of AFO 289/74
will be taken to dispose off the kit.
(b) All
loans taken from non-public and / or Benevolent Funds are to be
returned prior to the airmen proceeding for training.
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence intended for you, should
be addressed as under:
U/T Fg Offr / Flt Cadet ...................................................(Name)
Course No............................................
Service No............................................
Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad-
500043
CHARACTER
AND ANTECEDENTS
Your provisional short service
commission is also subject to satisfactory verification of your character
and antecedents by the police / civil Government authorities. Your commission
will be terminated forthwith in the event of adverse report being received
from the police / civil Government authorities.
PAY / STIPEND
(a) For Flying / GD Branches : As Flight Cadets, you
will receive a fixed stipend of Rs 21,000/- per
month, for the full period of training. On successful completion
of training you will be commissioned in the rank of Flying Officer.
(b) For Met branch Only : Your stipend will be converted
to pay for all purposes on successful completion of training with
retrospective effect and the allowances admissible on such pay will
be paid thereupon on such conversion.
(c) For Tech Branches : On commissioning your pay
will be in the integrated pay band of a U / T Flying Officer.
GROUP INSURANCE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
-
You shall not be deemed
to be commissioned in the Air Force until you have subscribed to
an oath / affirmation of allegiance (Appendix 'A')
which will be administered to you at AFA. Should you fail to take
such oath/ affirmation you shall not be allowed to join the Course
and no TA / DA shall be admissible to you for reporting to or returning
from the AFA. You shall also be debarred from joining the Air Force
at any time in the future. Further, failure to take an oath/affirmation
of allegiance even after Commissioning, as and when directed by
the authority, will entail termination of your Commission on that
ground, and for the purposes of your liability to repay to the Government
the entire training costs and other expenses, such termination shall
be deemed to be due to the cause within your control. Airmen candidates
will be governed by AFI / 20/76 during the training period.
- Airmen Candidates : You will be governed by AFI 20/ 76 during your training Period.
- Terms and Conditions of service for various
branches are as governed by government rules amended from time to
time.
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