Jump to content

Air force academy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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:

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "rafweb.org". Archived from the original on 2002-01-08. Retrieved 2015-04-02.