An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be

commissioned officers An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...

in a national

air force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

. The world's first air academy was the RAF (Cadet) College (now called the

Royal Air Force College The Royal Air Force College (RAFC) is the Royal Air Force military academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing to become commissioned officers. The College also provides initial training to aircrew cadets and ...

) which was founded on 1 November 1919 on the site of a Royal Navy flying training station. Many nations support air academies, some of which are: *The

Air Force Academy, Finnish Air Force The Air Force Academy ( fi, Ilmasotakoulu, abbr. ''ILMASK''; sv, Luftkrigsskolan) is located at Tikkakoski in Jyväskylä, Finland. The primary mission of the Air Force Academy is to train warfighting airmen who can carry out their missions eve ...

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...

, Finland *The Republic of China Air Force Academy of Taiwan, founded in 1928 *The

Accademia Aeronautica The Accademia Aeronautica is the Italian Air Force Academy, the institute for the training of Air Force officers. It's located in Pozzuoli in the province of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. Among the oldest aviation academies in ...

of Italy, founded in 1923 *The Brazilian Air Force Academy ''(Academia da Força Aérea)'', founded in 1960 *The Bangladesh Air Force Academy, founded in 1974 as BAF Cadets’ Training Unit *The Royal Danish Air Force Officers School, founded in 1951 *The '' École de l'air'' of France *The Air Force Academy of India *The Indonesian Air Force Academy, founded in 1945 *The

Egyptian Air Academy The Egyptian Air Academy (Arabic: الكلية الجوية المصرية) is a college in Bilbeis, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt, tasked with training officer candidates for the Egyptian Air Force. Established in 1951, the Egyptian Air Academy is ...

, founded in 1951 *The Gagarin Air Force Academy, Russian Air Force, founded in 1940 *The Hellenic Air Force Academy of Greece, founded in 1919 as the Military Academy of Aviation, became the Air Force School in 1931 *The

Korea Air Force Academy ) , type = Service academy , head_label = Superintendent , head = Lieutenant General Lee, Sang Hak (June 2022 ~ present) , city = Cheongju , state = Chungbuk , country = South Korea , undergrad = , postgr ...

, founded as the Aviation Academy in 1949 *The

Norwegian Air Force Academy The Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy (RNoAFA) is the Norwegian Air Force's college which conducts officer training for the RNoAF and the Norwegian Armed Forces. The school was established in 1949 and is one of the Armed Forces´ three military ...

, founded in 1949 *The Pakistan Air Force Academy, founded as a flying training school in 1947 and became a college in 1948, redesignated as an academy in 1967 *The Polish Air Force Academy, founded in 1927 *The Portuguese Air Force Academy (''Academia da Força Aérea''), founded in 1978 *The Sri Lanka Air Force Academy, founded in 1976 *The Turkish Air Force Academy, founded in 1951 *The Royal Air Force College Cranwell of the United Kingdom, founded in 1916 as a naval air training base, became an air force college in 1919 *The

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...

, founded in 1954 *The

Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy () – is a higher military educational institution for training and retraining of engineers for the Russian Air Force. The academy trains specialists – engineers, research engineers in the following sp ...

, Russian Air Force, founded in 1920 *The Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy, Russian Air Force, amalgamation of the

and Gagarin Air Force Academy in 2008 *The Israeli Air Force flight academy trains aircrew to operate

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...

aircraft, qualifying fighter, helicopter and transport pilots as well as combat and transport navigators.

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