The AFCAT screening test is held by the Indian Air Force, which provides various courses for the candidates who are selected for the Indian Air Force. The candidates must clear the AFCAT examination to get admission to various IAF courses, such as Flying Branch, Ground Duty (Technical Branch), or Ground Duty (Non-Technical Branch). Here you can check the latest update about Exam Notification.
Exam Name | AFCAT Commissioned Officer (Flying and Ground Duty) |
Conducting Authority | Indian Air Force |
Exam Level | National |
Exam frequency | Twice a year |
No. of Posts | 276 |
Mode of Exam | online |
Exam purpose | To select Group A Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) branches |
Category | Government Exams |
Job Location | Across India |
Official Site | afcat.cdac.in |
Below candidates can see the detail of AFCAT 2023 Exam Date related information.
Events | Exam Dates |
AFCAT-2 Application Form Released | 1st June 2023 |
Last Date to Apply Online Application form | 30th June 2023 |
Admit Card Available | September 2023 |
AFCAT-2 2023 Exam Date | October 2023 |
AFCAT-2 Exam Result | Update Soon |
Events | Exam Date |
AFCAT-1 Exam Notification 2023 | 20th November 2022 |
Application form Release date | 1st December 2022 |
Last Date To Apply | 30th December 2022 |
Admit Card Available | February 2023 |
AFCAT 1 2023 Exam Date | February 2023 |
Exam Result | March 2023 |
SSB Selection link activation date | March 2023 |
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The AFCAT 2023 Application Form will available in November 2022 for AFCAT-1 and AFCAT-2 it will be released on June 2023.
AFCAT-II 2023 Notification: Click here
AFCAT-II 2023 Application Form: Click here
The total number of vacancies is 258, which will be filled through this recruitment drive. The recruitment will be for the post of Group A Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) branches. PC is for men only while SSC is for both men and women.
Entry | Vacancies | |
Men (SSC) | Women (SSC) | |
AFCAT Entry | 5 | 6 |
GD Technical | AE(L): 98 | AE(L): 11 |
AE (M): 38 | AE (M): 04 | |
GD Non-Technical | Admin: 45 | Admin: 5 |
LGS: 45 | LGS: 2 | |
Accts: 08 | Accts: 2 | |
Edn: 07 | Edn: 2 | |
Met: 07 | Met: 2 | |
Weapon System Branch: 15 | Weapon System Branch: 2 | |
Flying | 10% seats out of CDSE vacancies for PC and 10% seats out of AFCAT vacancies for SSC |
Read very carefully the Eligibility Criteria for AFCAT 2023.
Those selected in the online written test will have to clear the interview round also. The selected aspirants who clear both rounds will finally be eligible for the IAF course cum post.
The candidates who are selected for AFCAT will be commissioned either as the ‘Short Service Commission” or “Permanent Commission” in Indian Air Force. Those candidates who are selected for SSC in Flying Branch are engaged for 14 years and those who are selected for Ground Duty and Technical Branches are engaged for 10 years which can be extended for the next 4 years depending on willingness, requirements, and availability of vacancies. Those candidates who are selected for Permanent Commission would continue to serve until the age of superannuation.
The training for the selected candidates shall start in the first week of October 2023. The duration of training of Flying and Technical Branches is 74 weeks and that of Ground Duty Branch is 52 weeks.
Name of Exam | Subjects | Marks | No. of Questions | Exam Duration |
AFCAT | General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability and Reasoning, and Military Aptitude Test | 300 | 100 | 2 Hours |
EKT (For technical branches) | Mechanical, Computer Science, and Electrical & Electronics | 150 | 50 | 45 Minutes |
Check below topics that are related to AFCAT 2023 Syllabus. The AFCAT question paper is divided into 4th parts which are General Awareness and Reasoning, Verbal Ability, Numerical Ability, and Military Aptitude. For more about the AFCAT Exam 2023 Syllabus candidates check the official website:
The eligible candidates shall be issued with an e-Admit Card three weeks before the date of the examination. The e-Admit Card will be sent to the registered email IDs and will also be available at the website www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in for all candidates who successfully submitted their online application. No Admit Card will be sent by post. To download the e-Admit Card, a candidate should have his/her Username and Password. The candidate will be solely responsible for downloading his/ her e-Admit Card.
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The AFCAT-1 result will be announced online mode on March 2023. Candidates can check the result by entering the registered id and password.
Candidates who will qualify for the entrance exam called for the SSB. There will be 3 stages in the interview:
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