Join Indian Armed Forces

Kargil victory

Both male and female candidates can join Indian Air Force (Technical Branch) after their engineering (Btech and BE). Mainly there are two branches for which the student can apply for after his Btech or BE. The first one is Aeronautical Engineering Electronics branch and the other one is the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical branch. The Electronics branch deals with signal and communication stuff while the Mechanical branch has to take care of the maintenance, servicing and other engine related tasks.

Eligibility criteria for joining the Indian Air Force:

Age:

18 to 28 years (At the time of commencement of training)

Branches in Btech / BE: Electronics, Tele-communication, Electrical, Electrical Communication, Electronics & Communication, Instrumentation, and Computer Science & Engineering

Salary Range

: approx. 17000 along with benefits and various allowances.

Percentage in Btech / BE:

60% or above

Time for Recruitment Notice: Twice in a year (around March and September).
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Application Procedure:
The detailed information is provided by the Employment News or Rozgar Samachar newspaper.

Steps for Recruitment:

Engineering Knowledge Test also known as EKT

Once the students are able to clear the EKT step, they receive a call letter to report to any one of the Air Force Selection Boards located at Dehradun, Varanasi or Mysore where they have to clear an array of tests specifically crafted for assessing Officer Like Qualities – OLQ of the candidates.

The test lasts for 5 days

Day 1: Intelligence and Psychological Tests

Day 2 and 3: Group tasks involving field events and physical activities.

Day 4: Interview

Day 5: Conference day where all the different assessors sit together and discuss the abilities and performance of candidate in order to check whether he is to be recommended or not.

Those students who successfully complete these steps have to appear for the medical examination.

Lastly, a merit list is prepared and joining instructions are provided to the successful candidates by the Air force Head-Quarters.

General Schedule for OLQ tests

If I die in combat zone
Box me up and send me home
Pin my medals to my chest
Tell my mom I did my best


"When you go home
Tell them of us
And say
For your Tomorrow
We gave our Today."

JAI HIND!!!