"Air academy" redirects here. "Air Academy" is also a dated spelling for
Ayr Academy in Scotland.
Anair force academy orair academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air forceofficer cadets who are preparing to becommissioned officers in a nationalair force . The world's first air academy was the RAF (Cadet) College (now called theRoyal 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:
TheAir Force Academy, Finnish Air Force inJyväskylä , Finland TheRepublic of China Air Force Academy of Taiwan, founded in 1928 TheAccademia Aeronautica of Italy, founded in 1923 TheBrazilian Air Force Academy (Academia da Força Aérea) , founded in 1960 TheBangladesh Air Force Academy , founded in 1974 as BAF Cadets’ Training Unit TheRoyal Danish Air Force Officers School , founded in 1951 TheÉcole de l'air TheAir Force Academy of India TheIndonesian Air Force Academy , founded in 1945 TheEgyptian Air Academy , founded in 1951 TheGagarin Air Force Academy , Russian Air Force, founded in 1940 TheHellenic Air Force Academy of Greece, founded in 1919 as the Military Academy of Aviation, became the Air Force School in 1931 TheKorea Air Force Academy , founded as the Aviation Academy in 1949 TheNorwegian Air Force Academy , founded in 1949 ThePakistan Air Force Academy , founded as a flying training school in 1947 and became a college in 1948, redesignated as an academy in 1967 ThePolish Air Force Academy , founded in 1927 ThePortuguese Air Force Academy (Academia da Força Aérea ), founded in 1978 TheSri Lanka Air Force Academy , founded in 1976 TheTurkish Air Force Academy , founded in 1951 TheRoyal Air Force College Cranwell of the United Kingdom, founded in 1916 as a naval air training base, became an air force college in 1919[ 1] TheUnited States Air Force Academy , founded in 1954 TheZhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy , Russian Air Force, founded in 1920 TheZhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy , Russian Air Force, amalgamation of theZhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy andGagarin Air Force Academy in 2008 TheIsraeli Air Force flight academy trains aircrew to operateIsraeli Air Force aircraft, qualifying fighter, helicopter and transport pilots as well as combat and transport navigators.
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