Indian Air Force AFCAT 01/2026: 340 Officer Vacancies | Apply Online Now!

• Flying Branch: Candidates must have completed Graduation with Physics and Mathematics at the 10+2 level or hold a BE/B.Tech degree.

• Ground Duty (Technical): Requires a BE/B.Tech degree in specified engineering disciplines.

• Ground Duty (Non-Technical): Requires Graduation or Post-Graduation in relevant fields such as Administration, Accounts, Logistics, or Education.

AFSB Testing Stage-I:

• Officer Intelligence Rating Test along with Picture Perception and discussion test will be conducted on the first day.

• Stage-I test is a screening test and only those who qualify would undergo subsequent testing.

• All Stage-I qualified candidates would be subjected to document check to ascertain their eligibility for the branches applied for.

• Candidates who either do not qualify in Stage-I or do not meet the required eligibility criteria would be sent back on the first day itself.

AFSB Testing Stage-II:

• Psychological test will be conducted on Day 1(Evening) and the Group Tests and Interview would commence after document check for the next five days.

For Flying Branch

• Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS) would be administered to recommended candidates only.

• This is once in a lifetime test. Candidates who have failed the CPSS/ PABT in an earlier attempt or a Flight Cadet suspended from flying training at Air Force Academy will not be eligible.

Final Merit List

• To be acceptable, candidates should secure the minimum qualifying marks separately in written examination and AFSB test as fixed by the IAF.

• Candidates will be placed in the order of merit on the basis of the total marks secured by them in the written examination and in the AFSB tests.

• The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the IAF in their discretion.

• 10% of the vacancies are reserved for NCC Air Wing Senior Division 'C' certificate holders in Ground Duty (Technical and Non Technical) Branches.

• Allotment of Branch would be based on number of vacancies, performance in the selection process, medical fitness and the choice given by the candidates.