S E N A T E  
S. No. 1087 
Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The improvement of the regular officer delivery system of the Philippine Air 
Force (PAF) has a long-felt need in the military establishment. 
The PAF Flying Schools (PAFFS), which is at present, the main source of regular 
officers in the PAF can no longer cope with the required number and proper training of 
officer pilots for the PAF because of inadequate facilities and logistical support. 
Additionally, since a college degree is an academic requirement for entrance into the 
PAFFS, thousands of our gifted high school graduates are denied the opportunity of 
serving our country through the PAF simply because they are unable to obtain financial 
support for a college education. 
The creation of Philippine Air Force Academy (PAFA) is a response to this 
problem in line with the constitutional mandate of guaranteeing equal access of 
opportunity for public service. 
Given the inherent political instability of a’ developing country such as the 
Philippines, we should see to it that an unwanted relationship among officers often called 
“regular officer homogeneity” is not created. 
Concerned Sectors believe that this 
“officer homogeneity” may endanger a potentially explosive political situation where an 
Armed Forces is controlled in all its branches, and at all levels, by regular officer school. 
The creation of the PAF Academy will help preclude this situation. 
-There is also a need to professionalize the other Air Force officer career areas like 
aircraft maintenance, avionics and air logistics to further enhance the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the PAF. These highly specialized career fields cannot be adequately 
addressed by a traditional military academy like the Philippine Military Academy. 
The PAF Academy as conceptualised, is geared towards making available an 
adequate and dedicated corps of professional Air Force officers with the proper 
education, training and orientation to lead and manage. the complex technologies inherent 
in the field of aviation. 
For the foregoing reasons, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 
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GARDO J. /A 
ANGARA 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
First Regular Session 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara 
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 
Assem bled: 
SECTION 1. 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: 
a) 
The Superintendent and the Commander of Cadets of the Academy shall 
be detailed to those positions by the President from the Officers of the Air 
Force. 
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. 


c) 
The Acadcniic Board shall havc the power to confer the degree of Bachelor 
Science under the 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 professors of the Academy However, each change of the title of a 
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 appoi' t annually, subject to such physical and mental 
examinations as may be prescribqd, the number of cadets necessary to maintain the 
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Cadet Corps at a strength of four hundred and not exceed four hundred eighty ( 480) at 
any one time. 
The strength of the Cadet Corps of the Philippine Air Force is as follows: 
1) 
Two (2) cadets from each Congressional District nominated by the 
Congressional Representative of the District; and 
Eighty (80) cadets from the Philippines at large which shall be composed of: 
a) Twenty (20) selected in order of merit, as established by competitive 
examination from the children of members of the Armed Forces who 
were killed in action or died of wounds or injuries received or diseases 
contacted in or pre-existing injury or disease aggravated by active service; 
2) 
provided, that, children of members of the Armed Forces who were 
awarded the Medal of Valor for an,act performed while in the Armed 
Forces shall automatically qualify for admission. 
For the purpose of this Act, a detciinination by the Line of Duty Board of the 
major services that a death is service coimected is binding upon the Secretary 
of National Defense. 


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b) 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 subsection. 
c) Twenty (20) from the cultural communities as may be selected by the 
President. 
The Academy shall providq 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 per cent (5%) of the strength of the Cadet Coi-ps 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 other qualified candidates who 
competed for nomination 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 Admissioi; - To be eligible for admission, a candidate must be: 
1) 
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Single and must never have been married; 
A natural-born citizen o€ the Philippines; 
3) 
At least seventeen (17) years of age but not more than twenty two (22) years 
of age on the first day 04 April of the year of admission; 
At least high school graduate; 
A successful examine; of the prescribed physical and mental examination; 
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SEC 7. 
Pay and Allowances. The pay and allowances of the Cadets of the 
A successful examinee of the National Secondary Assessment Test. 
Academy shall be fixed by the President. 


SEC 8. Undertaking. - Each cadet shall sign an agreement that unless sooner 
separated by duly authorized authorities, he shall : 
1) Complete the course of instruction at the Academy; 
2) Accept an appointment and serve as a commissioned officer of the h n e d  Forces 
of the Philippines for at least eight years immediately after graduation from the 
Academy. 
SEC. 9. Cadet requirement. - Any Cadet who shall after entrance to the Academy 
and before completion of prescribed courses of training, be found physically and 
mentally unfit for militaiy 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 
Philippines. 
SEC 10. Prohibition Against 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 punislment for 
violation thereof. 
For the purpose of this Act, “hazing” means any unauthorized 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. 
If a cadet is charged with violating any rule 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 froin the Academy for hazing shall not be reappointed as an 
Air Force Cadet and shall be ineligible for appointinent as a cominissioned o€ficer in the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines unit after two (2) years from the graduation of this 
class. 
SEC. 11. 
Commission - Upon satisfactory conipletion or the course of 
instruction at the Academy, the cadets shall be comniissioned second lieutenants in the 
regular force or the Philippine Air Force with the relative rank in the order of final 
general standin5 as determined by the Academic Board of the Academy and approved by 
the Chief of St iff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 


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SEC 12. 
Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - The Philippine Air Force 
Flying School, including the members of its faculty and personnel, its records, 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 s ~ a l l  
be included in the annual General Appropriations 
Act. 
SEC 14. 
Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 
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