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"Air academy" redirects here. "Air Academy" is also a dated spelling for
Ayr Academy in Scotland.
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 in a national
air force . The world's first air academy was the RAF (Cadet) College (now called the
Royal Air Force College ) 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 in
Jyväskylä , Finland
The
Republic of China Air Force Academy of Taiwan, founded in 1928
The
Accademia Aeronautica 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 , 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 , founded as the Aviation Academy in 1949
The
Norwegian Air Force Academy , 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
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The
United States Air Force Academy , founded in 1954
The
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy , Russian Air Force, founded in 1920
The
Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy , Russian Air Force, amalgamation of the
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and
Gagarin Air Force Academy in 2008
The
Israeli Air Force flight academy trains aircrew to operate
Israeli Air Force aircraft, qualifying fighter, helicopter and transport pilots as well as combat and transport navigators.
See also
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