AFCAT

AFCAT 2024 Recruitment Advertisement Out

The Indian Air Force is inviting applicants for 317 posts for all technical and non-technical branches. AFCAT has released a recruitment advertisement for 317 vacancies for the courses commencing in January 2025. AFCAT online registrations will be open on 1st Dec, 2023 at 11:00 AM and the last date for submitting the online application will be 30th Dec, 2023 at 11 PM.

The AFCAT that is the Air Force Common Admission Test will be held on 1st Jan 2024. Mentioned below are the details of the branches and their vacancies respectively:

AFCAT 1 2024 Vacancy
Entry	Branch	Course Number	Vacancies (Men)	Vacancies (Women)
AFCAT Entry	Flying	217/25F/SSC/M & W	SSC- 28	SSC – 10
	Ground-Duty(Technical)	216/25T/SSC/ 106AEC/ M & W	AE(L): 104 AE(M): 45	AE(L): 11 AE(M): 05
	Ground-Duty(Non-Technical)	216/25G/SSC/M & W	Weapon System (WS) Branch: 15 Admin: 45 Accts: 11 Lgs: 11 Edn: 08 Met: 09	Weapon System (WS) Branch: 02 Admin: 06 Accts: 02 Lgs: 02 Edn: 02 Met: 02
NCC Special Entry	Flying	217/25F/PC/M and217/25F/SSC/M&W	10% seats out of CDSE vacancies for PC and 10% seats out of AFCAT vacancies for SSC.

Note: The above mentioned vacancies are tentative and subject to change without any notice.

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AFCAT 1 2024 eligibility criteria for Ground Duty and Flying Branch posts are given below:

(A) AFCAT Age Limit (as on 01/01/2025)

(i) Flying Branch: Applicant age should be at least 20 years and the upper age is capped at 24 years for flying branch. The upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot License issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable up to 26 years. The candidates must have been born between 02/01/2001 to 01/01/2005.

(ii)Ground Duty (Technical/Non-Technical) Branches: For ground duty, the minimum age is 20 years and the upper age limit is capped at 26 years. The candidate must have born between 02/01/1999 to 01/01/2005).

Note: Candidates below 25 years of age must be unmarried at the time of commencement of the course. Widows/Widowers and divorcees (with or without encumbrances) below 25 years of age are also not eligible.

(B) AFCAT Educational Qualification

Flying branch: Minimum 50% marks each in physics and mathematics at 10+2 level and a three-year graduation degree OR a BE/BTech degree with a minimum of 60% from a recognized university.

AFCAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria for Ground Duty (Technical)Branch:

(i)Aeronautical engineering (Electronics)(AE(L)): Minimum 60% marks each in physics and mathematics at 10+2 level and a degree in graduation/post-graduation in the field of engineering and technology from a recognized university.

This brings us to the end of this AFCAT 2024 Recruitment Advertisement. Stay tuned for AFCAT 1 detailed notification soon.

Cheena Sawhney