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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
At present, the Philippine Air Force is in a modernization program which 
wishes to upgrade training, equipment and facilities. 
Except for the PAF flying schools (PAFFS), there is no other institution 
that adequately concentrates in training potential pilots to fly procured aircraft. 
Furthermore, our nation is blessed with thousands of talented High School 
graduates that are able to serve our country. Unfortunately, these students are 
denied access to quality education because of lack of financial resources. The 
creation of the Philippine Air Force Academy wishes to promote accessibility to 
quality education and create a potential pool of officer pilots that would operate 
state of the art military equipment. In addition, the Philippine Military Academy 
does not have the expertise to instruct potential pilots on the intricacies of 
aviation. 
For this foregoing reasons, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 
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SERGIO OSMENA 111 
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Introduced by Senator S. R. Osmeiia 111 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE ACADEMY (PAFA) AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress a sse rnb le d: 
SECTION I. Philippine Air Force Academy. - There shall be 
established in the Philippine Air Force an educational institution to be known as 
the Philippine Air Force Academy (PAFA), hereinafter referred to as the 
Academy, for the instruction and preparation for military service of Air Force 
Cadets. 
SEC. 2. Administration. - The Academy as herein established shall be 
organized and administered by the Commanding General, Philippine Air Force 
(PAF) under the general supervision and control of the Chief of Staff of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. 3. Academic Board. - The Academic Board of the Academy shall 
be composed of the Superintendent, the Dean of the Corps of Professors, the 
Commandant of Cadets and the Heads of the departments to be constituted as 
follows: 
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The Superintendent and the Commandant of Cadets of the 
Academy shall be detailed to those positions by the President from 
the Officers of the Air Force. 
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(b) 
The Dean of the Corps of Professors shall be appointed from the 
permanent professors who have served as heads of departments of 
instructions at the Academy. 
The Academic Board shall have the power to confer the degree of 
Bachelor of Science under such rules and regulations as the Chief of Staff of the 
New Armed Forces of the Philippines may prescribe upon all cadets who may 
hereafter satisfactorily complete the approved course of studies. 
SEC. 4. Department Title and Faculty. - The Chief of Staff of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines may prescribe the titles of each of the 
departments of instruction and the professors of the Academy. However, each 
change of the title of the department of professor shall not affect the status, rank 
or eligibility for promotion or retirement of, or otherwise prejudice, a professor of 
the Academy. 
SEC. 5. Cadet Corps of the Philippine Air Force. - The student body 
of the Academy shall be known as the Cadet Corps of the Philippine Air Force 
(CCPAF). The President is authorized to appoint annually, subject to such 
physical and mental examinations as may be prescribed, the number of cadets 
necessary to maintain the Cadet Corps at a strength of four hundred and not to 
exceed four hundred eighty (480) at any one time. 
The strength of the Cadet Corps of the Philippine Air Force is as follows: 
I) Two (2) cadets from each Congressional District, nominated by the 
Congressional Representative of the District; and 
Eighty (80) cadet from the Philippines, at large, which shall be 
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Twenty (20) selected in order merit, as established by 
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competitive examination by competitive examination from 
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the children of members of the Armed Forces who: 
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were killed in action or died of wounds or injuries received or 
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diseases contracted in or preexisting injury or disease 
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aggravated by active service, or 
were awarded the Medal of Honor for an act performed while 
in the Armed Forces, 
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For the purpose of this Act, a determination by the Line of Duty Board of 
the major services that a death is service connected is binding upon the 
Secretary of National Defense. 
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Forty (40) from the enlisted members of the Armed Forces, 
twenty (20) from the regular Armed Forces and twenty (20) 
from the reserve components of the Armed Force. 
The Secretary of National Defense shall prescribe regulations for the 
selection of candidates under this sub-section. 
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Twenty (20) from the cultural communities as may be 
selected by the President. 
The Academy shall provide for educational and physical facilities, for the 
recruitment and training of women as members of the Cadet Corps. 
Four (4) years from the approval of this Act, women shall be admitted and 
shall comprise not less than five percent (5%) of the strength of the Cadet Corps 
at any time. 
All Cadets shall be appointed by the President. An appointment is 
conditional until the cadet is admitted. 
If it is to be determined that, upon the admission of a new class to the 
Academy, the number of cadets at the Academy will be below the authorized 
number, the Chief of Staff may nominate, as may be qualified, alternates and are 
recommended and found qualified by the Faculty as are necessary to meet the 
needs of the Air Force, but not more than the authorized strength of the Cadet 
Corps. 
SEC. 6. Eligibility for Admission. - To be eligible for admission, a 
candidate must be: 
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Single and must never have been married; 
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A natural-born citizen of the Philippines: 
At least seventeen 917) years of age but not more than twenty-two 
(22) years of age on the first day of April of the year of admission; 
At least a high school graduate; 
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A successful examine of the prescribed physical and mental 
examination; and 
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A successful examinee of the National College Entrance 
Examination. 
SEC. 7. Pay and Allowances. - The pay and allowances of the Cadets 
of the Academy shall be fixed by the President. 
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Undertaking. - Each Cadet shall sign an agreement that, 
unless sobner separated by duly authorized authorities, he shall: 
Complete the course of instruction at the Academy; 
Accept an appointment and serve as a commissioned officer of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines for at least eight (8) years 
immediately after graduation from the Academy. 
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SEC. 9. Cadef Refirernenf. - Any Cadet who shall, after entrance to the 
Academy and before completion of prescribed courses of training, be found 
physically or mentally unfit for military assignment by reason of injury or disease 
incident to the service, shall be retired with the rank of a second lieutenant of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. I O .  Prohibifion Againsf Hazing. - Subject to the approval of the 
Secretary of National Defense, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue 
rules and regulations preventing hazing and prescribe dismissal, suspension and 
other adequate punishment for violation thereof. 
For the purpose of this Act, “hazing” means any authorized assumption of 
authority by a cadet whereby another cadet suffers or is exposed to any form of 
injury, indignity, humiliation, hardship or oppression, or the deprivation or 
abridgement of any right. 
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If a cadet is charged with violating any rules or regulation issued pursuant 
to this Section, the penalty of which is dismissal from the Academy, a request in 
writing for a trial by a general court martial may be submitted. 
A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing shall not be reappointed 
as an Air Force Cadet and shall be ineligible for appointment as a commissioned 
officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines unit after two (2) years from the 
graduation of his class. 
SEC. I?. 
Commission. - Upon satisfactory completion of the course of 
instruction at the Academy, the cadets shall be commissioned second lieutenants 
in the regular force of the Philippine Air Force with the relative rank in the order of 
final general standing as determined by the Academic Board of the Academy and 
approved by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. 12. Transfer of Assefs and Liabilifies. - The Philippine Air Force 
Flying School, including the members of its faculty and personnel, its records, 
equipment, equipment, assets and liabilities are hereby transferred to and 
integrated with the Philippine Air Force Academy. 
SEC. 13. Budget. - The initial appropriations necessary for the 
establishment of the Academy shall be charged to the appropriation of the 
Department of National Defense. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the 
improvement, operation and maintenance of the Academy shall be included in 
the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Sec. 14. EfFecfivify. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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