Back পাকিস্তান বিমানবাহিনী একাডেমী Bengali/Bangla آکادمی نیروی هوایی پاکستان Persian Lapangan Terbang Risalpur Malay پاکستان ایئر فورس اکیڈمی PNB Окодимӣ нерӯе ҳаво Покистон Tajik پاکستان فضائیہ اکادمی Urdu
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Former name | Royal Flying Corps Risalpur (1910-18) Royal Air Force Risalpur (1918-47) RPAF Flying Training School (1947-56) |
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| Motto | فقط ذوقِ پرواز ہے زندگى (Urdu) |
| Type | Military service academy |
| Established | 1910 |
| AOC | AVM Ghazanfar latif GD(P) SI(M) |
Administrative staff | 400 |
| Undergraduates | 1000 (approx.) |
| Postgraduates | 100 (approx.) |
| Location | , , |
| Nickname | Home of Eagles |
| Mascot | Eagle |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | PAF | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Risalpur, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,050 ft / 320 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°04′52″N 071°58′21″E / 34.08111°N 71.97250°E | ||||||||||||||
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The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (Urdu: پاکستان فضائیہ اکیڈمی) is an accredited three-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates for the Pakistan Air Force.
The eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to PAF Academy Risalpur for flying training. It is located in the town of Risalpur in Nowshera District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan,[2][3] it is a premier cadet training institution of the Pakistan Air Force which offers academic professional degrees. Its role is the training of General Duty Pilots (GDP), Aeronautical and Avionics Engineers and the initial training of other Ground Branch cadets. Cadets of all branches join the academy following a recommendation by the Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB) of Pakistan and the Air Headquarters Special Selection Board for Short Service Commission candidates. Graduates of the Academy's four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree, and are commissioned as Flying Officers (Lieutenants) in the Pakistan Air Force.
The academy was created in 1910 and was a former airfield of the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force. It officially became the airfield of the PAF on 15 August 1947. On 13 April 1948, Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah elevated the school's status to that of a flying college. On 21 January 1967, the college was upgraded to the status of an academy by President Ayub Khan. It has five components.
The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan has bred generations of officers for the PAF and other branches of the Pakistan Armed Forces.[4]
- ^ "Risalpur - Airport information for OPRS". World Aero Data website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ M. Salahuddin Khan (2010). Sikander. Karakoram Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-578-05288-5.
- ^ "HISTORY OF PAKISTAN AIR FORCE". Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Shaheen Foundation, "The Story of Pakistan Air Force(1988–1998)".
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