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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 866 
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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EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
Senator 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 866 
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 Assembled: 
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. 
SECTION 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. 
SECTION 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 Academic Board shall have the power to confer the degree of 
Bachelor of Science under the rules and regulations as the Chief of 
Staff of the New Armed Forces of the Philippines may prescribe 
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upon all cadets who may hereafter satisfactorily complete the 
approved course of studies. 
SECTION 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. 
SECTION 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 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 
(2) 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; 
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 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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(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 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 per cent (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 
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. 
SECTION 6. Eligibility for Admission. - To be eligible for 
admission, a candidate must be: 
(1) Single and must never have been married; 
(2) A natural-born citizen oC 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; 
(4) At least high school graduate; 
(5) A successful examine; of the prescribed physical and mental 
examination; and 
(6) A successful examinee of the National Secondary Assessment Test. 
SECTION 7. Pay and Allowances. The pay and allowances of the 
Cadets of the Academy shall be fixed by the President. 
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SECTION8. 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 
Armed Forces of the Philippines for at least eight years 
immediately after graduation from the Academy. 
SECTION 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 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 Philippines. 
SECTION 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 punishment 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 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 this class. 
SECTION 11. Commission. - Upon satisfactory completion or the 
course of instruction at the Academy, the cadets shall be commissioned 
second lieutenants in the regular force or 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. 
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SECTION 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. 
SECTION 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 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. 
SECTION 14. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon its 
approval. 
Approued, 
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