The Indian Air Force released its recruitment notification announcing vacancies to be filled in for the Technical & Non-Technical posts in Flying & Ground Duty. It announced a total of 317 vacancies. Candidates willing to apply can do so from December 01 - December 30, 2021. The online examination is scheduled for February 12, 13 & 14, 2022.
AFCAT exam admit card for Flying Officers, Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) Gazetted Officers is out on the official website.
AFCAT Exam 2021 Exam Dates
| Events | Tentative Dates |
|---|---|
| Date for submission of Online Applications | December 01 to December 30, 2021 |
| Online Examination Admit Card | January 28 2022 to February 14, 2022 [Click Here] |
| AFCAT Examination Date | February 12, 13 & 14, 2022 |
| AFCAT Examination Result | To be notified later |
Exam Schedule
The detailed exam schedule of the AFCAT exam is provided in the table below. The exam schedule is for both AFCAT and EKT exams.
| Activity | February 12, 2022 (Day 1) | February 13, 2022 (Day 2) | February 14, 2022 (Day 3) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Shift | 2nd Shift | 1st Shift | 2nd Shift | 1st Shift | 2nd Shift | ||
| Candidate Reporting Time | 07:30 hrs | 12:30 hrs | 07:30 hrs | 12:30 hrs | 07:30 hrs | 12:30 hrs | |
| Verification of Admit Card & ID Proof, Biometrics, Photo/ Thumb Impression/ Sign on Attendance Sheet & Candidate Seating in Exam Hall | 07:30 - 09:30 hrs | 12:30 - 14:30 hrs | 07:30 - 09:30 hrs | 12:30 - 14:30 hrs | 07:30 - 09:30 hrs | 12:30 - 14:30 hrs | |
| Reading of Instructions by Candidates | 09:30 - 09:45 hrs | 14:30 - 14:45 hrs | 09:30 - 09:45 hrs | 14:30 - 14:45 hrs | 09:30 - 09:45 hrs | 14:30 - 14:45 hrs | |
| AFCAT | 09:45 - 11:45 hrs | 14:45 - 16:45 hrs | 09:45 - 11:45 hrs | 14:45 - 16:45 hrs | 09:45 - 11:45 hrs | 14:45 - 16:45 hrs | |
| Break | N/A | 16:45 - 17:00 hrs | N/A | 16:45 - 17:00 hrs | N/A | 16:45 - 17:00 hrs | |
| Reading of Instructions by Candidates for EKT | N/A | 17:00 - 17:15 hrs | N/A | 17:00 - 17:15 hrs | N/A | 17:00 - 17:15 hrs | |
| EKT | N/A | 17:15 - 18:00 hrs | N/A | 17:15 - 18:00 hrs | N/A | 17:15 - 18:00 hrs | |
Exam Centres
Indian Air Force will allot examination centres for both AFCAT and EKT exams. You can select five centres at the time of filling the AFCAT application form. AFCAT exam centres are limited, therefore, it is important to look at the nearest exam centres before filling the AFCAT exam. Have a look at the complete list of exam centres below:
| Examination Centres | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Agartala | Agra | Ajmer | Ahmedabad |
| Aizawl | Alwar | Allahabad/ Prayagraj | Ambala |
| Aurangabad | Bareilly | Behrampur (Odisha) | Bathinda |
| Belagavi | Bengaluru | Bhagalpur | Bhilai |
| Bhopal | Bhubaneswar | Bhuj | Bikaner |
| Chandigarh | Chennai | Chapra | Coimbatore |
| Delhi and NCR | Dhanbad | Diu | Dibrugarh |
| Durgapur | Faridabad | Ganganagar | Gaya |
| Ghaziabad | Gorakhpur | Guntur | Gurugram |
| Guwahati | Gwalior | Haldwani | Hissar |
| Hyderabad | Imphal | Indore | Itanagar |
| Jabalpur | Jaipur | Jalandhar | Jalpaigudi |
| Jammu | Jamshedpur | Jhansi | Jodhpur |
| Jorhat | Kakinada | Kannur | Kanpur |
| Kochi | Kohima | Kolhapur | Kolkata |
| Kota | Kurukshetra | Leh | Lucknow |
| Ludhiana | Mangalore | Meerut | Mumbai |
| Muzzafarpur | Mysore | Nagpur | Nasik |
| Nizamabad | Noida | Panaji | Patiala |
| Patna | Port Blair | Puducherry | Pune |
| Rajkot | Ranchi | Rourkee | Rourkela |
| Sambalpur | Shillong | Shimla | Silchar |
| Srinagar | Solapur | Sonipat | Thane |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Thrissur | Tirunelveli | Tirupati |
| Udaipur | Vadodara | Varanasi | Vellore |
| Vijayawada | Visakhapatnam | Warangal | |
