How To Join Indian Air Force After 12th?: The Complete Guide

Most of the students nowadays willing to serve the nation. Most of them are willing to join arm forces. Many students try to join the air force because the lifestyle of the Air force is the main attraction for the youth. The main question here is How to join the Air force after the 12th? What to do after the 12th to join the Air force? and what are the eligibility criteria for NDA & NA exam? and many more come into the mind.

If you want to join the Air force after the 12th and aspire to live as an Air force officer then this article is for you. In this article, we try to cover the maximum questions that come into the mind before joining the Air force. The Indian Air Force is a very professional field, well-trained, and prides itself on its battle records. If you want a career of excitement, adventure, & challenges, there is not a better choice than the Indian Air Force.

The answer to the question How to join the Indian Air force? depends on the as on which position you aspire to join the Air force?. you can join it as an Air force Officer or as an Airman. The question here is what is the work of airmen?. Airman is not a technical job, the work of an airman involves help and support the various functions from weather forecasting to the maintenance of records and files for the Indian Air force and for all its branches. For joining the Indian Air force you need to attend the “NDA & NA” exam. for attending the exam complete the 12th class in the science stream with Physics and Mathematics as a compulsory subject.

To get admission in the Air Force, Navy, Army wings of the Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC), and NDA students need to appear for the common entrance exam also known as an NDA exam.

The Union Public Service Commission well-known as UPSC conducted an NDA exam twice per year. Candidates can be known about the exam by the newspaper as the advertisement about the examination appears in the newspaper every year.

Candidates can fill the application form for the NDA entrance examination by visiting the official website of the UPSC.

You can follow the below process for the application process.

• Visit the official website of UPSC (https://www.upsc.gov.in/)
• You can see the options for “National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination” click on that.
• You need to fill in all information including “Date of Birth, Father’s name, nationality, marital status, Adhaar number”.
• After that, you need to choose your branch in which you need admission to the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy.
• You need to check out the option that whether you from any military / Sainik school or relative of any officer.
• After filling in the all information you can proceed to the next page.
• Verify the details filled in once.
• Once submitted a registration ID will be generated and it is also sent on the registered email ID.
• You need to pay the application fee online using the options like a credit card, debit card, net banking.

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• Choose the exam center as per your suitability.
• In the last, you need to provide a scanned copy of your photograph and signature to make sure the file size of both will not be more than 300kb and the minimum size of the document will be 20kb.

Educational Requirements: Aspirants must have cleared 12th with mathematics and physics as principal subjects. The candidates also apply who are appearing for the final year of examination.

Age Limit: The age factor for the Aspirant is the main factor, the age of the aspirant who is applying should be between the 16years and 5 months to the 19years old at the time of filling the application form.

According to the medical standards set by the National Defence Academy and the Examination Naval Academy 2020, all the aspirants appearing for the exam should be fit physically as well mentally. 

Height: The candidate must have the 162.5cms height for the Air force. The only relaxation provided for the Gorkhas and individuals who belong to the hills of the Northeast region of India, Garhwal, Kumaon. Also, the 2cms relaxation provided to the candidates from Lakshadweep. 

Weight: The weight required for the candidate as per below.

The visual standards required for the candidate willing to join the Air force after the 12th are as below. The distance vision of the aspirants should be at least 6/6 in the better eye and 6/9 in the more critical eye. As per the visual standards, the candidate’s Myopia should not be more than 2.5 D and Hypermetropia not more than 3.5 D including Astigmatism. Last but more important the candidate having spectacles will be not fitted for Air force

The aspirants once appear for the NDA exam to get into the Air force after the 12th, the results of the exam declares. After the NDA exam, only the candidates who have cleared the entrance exam will have to appear for the SSB interview. The selected candidates will have to appear for the aptitude test known as a Pilot Aptitude Battery Test(PABT).

The PABT test conduct to check the ability of the candidate to be a good pilot. Once the candidate clears the PABT test, sent for the medical examinations. Once the medical examination is done the merit list is prepared. Merit list prepared by considering the performance of the candidate in NDA publish to test, SSB interview, and Medical test. 3 years of training provided to the selected candidates along with the military and naval cadets.

Once the candidate completed the 3years of the training program, he will be sent to the Air force Academy, Hyderabad for further training, which will be 1year long. Once both the training complete, candidates are priced as Flying Officers in the Indian Air Force.

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