Hello aspirant ,

There are many other ways excluding  NDA And Airforce X and Y for  joining Airforce.

For  the rank of commisioned officers  following exams are conducted:
1). CDSE
2). AFCAT
3). NCC ENTRY
4). METEOROLOGICAL ENTRY

For Non - Commisioned officers-
1) Airforce offline Rally Bharti

All of these exams have different eligibility criteria.
Let's talk about them one by one.

1). CDSE - CDSE which means Combined Defense Service Examination is an exam meant for selecting candidates for all the three wings i.e. Army, Navy and Airforce.CDSE is conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) twice an year.
For CDSE you must be a graduate at least (BA,BSC, B.Com, B.Tech etc.) Or you can also fill the exam while your last year of graduation.

CDSE makes a way for the young boys to join the IAF for the Flying course only.
For CDSE the age limit for the Indian Air force is  19-23 years.


2). AFCAT -  Air Force Common Admission Test is a test which is taken to select young boys and girls for Airforce . AFCAT is conducted by the Indian Airforce twice an year.

AFCAT1 is conducted in the last week of February and AFCAT2 in the last week of August.

For AFCAT you must be a graduate at least (BA, B.Com, B.Tech etc.) further qualification depends on the type of service you want to join .

For AFCAT the age depends on the course you want to join. Age limit is:
Flying: 19-23 years
Technical: 18-28 years.
Ground Duties: Graduate (20-23yrs), PG (20-25yrs), LLB (20-26 yrs.), MEd/PhD/CA/ICWA (20-27yrs).


3). NCC ENTRY -  Must have ' A ' or B' in c certificate for ncc entry.
This entry would give you direct access to AFSB.


4). METEOROLOGICAL ENRTY

It also give direct SSB Option.
Candidates must have post graduation from any of the science subject with 50% marks.
Also  they must have maths and physics in graduation.

I hoped it would have helped you.








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