AFCAT 2019 Recruitment: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is inviting online applications for the Air Force Common Admission Online Test (AFCAT) 2019 for courses commencing from July 2020. The online application process is scheduled to commence on Saturday, 1st June 2019 on its official websites – afcat.cdac.in or careerindianairforce.cdac.in. IAF has notified a total of 338 vacancies for grant of Short Service Commission (SSC) in Flying Branch and Permanent Commission (PC), Short Service Commission (SSC) in Ground Duty (Technical/Non-technical) Branches. Online applications are also invited for PC or SSC for NCC Special Entry Scheme for Flying Branch and for Meteorology Entry.

As per the official notification, Indian Citizens both men and women are eligible to apply for AFCAT 2019 (02/2019) exam. The last date to submit online applications is 30th June 2019.

Important Dates:

Start of online application process – 1st June 2019

End of online application process – 30th June 2019

Vacancy Details:

AFCAT Entry

Flying

208/20F/SSC/M & W Course – SSC – 60 Posts

Ground Duty (Technical)

207/20T/PC/M – AE (L): PC – 28 Posts, SSC – 42 Posts

207/20T/SSC/M & W – AE (M): PC – 12 Posts, SSC – 20 Posts

Ground Duty (Non-Technical)

207/20G/SSC/M – Admin: PC – 16 Posts, SSC – 24 Posts

207/20G/SSC/M & W – Education: PC – 6 Posts, SSC – 10 Posts

NCC Special Entry

Flying

208/20F/PC/M and 208/20F/SSC/M & W – 10% seats out of CDSE vacancies for PC & 10% seats out of AFCAT vacancies for SSC.

Meteorology Entry

Meteorology

207/20G/PC/M and 207/20G/SSC/M & W – Met: PC – 10 Posts, SSC – 14 Posts

Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates are advised to ascertain their eligibility criteria for the aforementioned posts from the official notification given below:

Official notification for AFCAT 02/2019 Recruitment 2019

Pay Scale:

The pay scale of Flying Officer will be as per the Defence Matrix and 7th CPC. Candidate appointed as Flying Officer will be eligible to receive salary in the pay bracket of Rs. 56,100 -1,10,700/- as per Level-10, with an MSP of Rs. 15,500/-

How to apply for IAF AFCAT 2019?

Step 1 – Visit the official website – afcat.cdac.in

Step 2 – On the home page, click on the ‘Candidate Login’ tab and select AFCAT 02/2019 from the drop down menu

Step 3 – You’ll be redirected to a new page

Step 4 – Fill the application form, pay the application fee and submit details

Step 5 – Download the confirmation page and take a printout for future reference

Examination Fee:

AFCAT Entry – Rs. 250/-

NCC Special Entry and Meteorology – No Fee

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