NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S. No. 1100
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, 3R.
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE ACADEMY (PAFA) AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Its mission is "to organize, train, equip, 
maintain and provide forces in order to conduct prompt and sustained air operations 
in the AFP mission." It is mandated to; (1) organize, train and equip forces for 
prompt and sustained air operations for the defense of the Philippines; (2) organize, 
train and equip forces for airlift, airborne and tactical air operations unilaterally or in 
coordination with surface forces; (3) formulate and develop doctrines, concepts, 
systems, policies, procedures, strategies, tactics and techniques for operations 
peculiar to the Air Force; and, (4) organize, train and equip all Air Force reserve 
units.
The PAF formulated the Flight Plan 2028 which is a 14-year strategic plan that 
provides interventions which are both characterized as positive reinforcements and 
value added. It aims to build the PAF capability to detect, identify, intercept and 
neutralize Intrusions in the Philippine Air Defense Identification Zone (PADIZ) and 
the South China Sea from Area Readiness 4 to Area Readiness 3 by 2022 and to 
build the PAF capability to detect, identify, intercept and neutralize intrusions into the 
entire Philippine territory from Area Readiness 3 to Area Readiness 1 by 2028.


Given these important roles and missions of the PAF, it is important that a 
qualified, competent and sufficient number of Air Force Cadets joins its organization.
This legislative measure proposes the establishment of the Philippine Air Force 
Academy (PAFA) which will provide instruction and preparation for military service of 
Air Force Cadets. It will be organized and administered by the Commanding General 
of the PAF under the general supervision and control of :he Chief of Staff of the AFP.
This measure was filed by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson in the 18th Congress.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
sought.
RAMON/BONG REVILLA, 3R.


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE 
S. No. 1100
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Rl'CEIVEO 8V.
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BON G REVILLA, JR.
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:
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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 Acadiimy, for the Instruction and 
preparation for military service of Air Force Cadets.
Sec. 2. Administration. —Jhe 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 (AFP).
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 Commandant of Cadets of the Academy shall 
be detailed to those positions by the President from the Officers of the Air 
Force; and.


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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 instruction at the 
Academy;
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 AFP may prescribe 
upon ail cadets who may hereafter satisfactorily complete the approved course of 
studies.
Sec. 4. Department Title and Faculty. - The Chief of Staff of the AFP may 
prescribe the title of each of the departments of instruction and professors of the 
Academy. However, each change of the title of the department or professor shall not 
affect the status, rank or eligibility for promotion or retirement of, or otherwise 
prejudiced, 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 as may be determined by the Academic Board.
The Academy shall provide for educational ai'd physical facilities for the 
recruitment and training of women as members of Cadet Corps.
All cadets shall be appointed by the President. An appointment is conditional 
until the cadet is admitted.
Sec. 6. Eligibility for Admission. — To be eligible for admission, a candidate 
must be:
(1) Single;
(2) A natural born citizen of the Philippines;
(3) At least seventeen (17) years of age but not more than twenty two (22) 
years of age on the first day of April of the year of admission;
(4) At least high school graduate;
(5) A successful examinee of the prescribed physical and mental examination; 
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(6) A successful examinee of the National Secondary Assessment Test.


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Sec. 7. Pay and Allowances. — The pay and allowances of the Cadets of the
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Academy shall be fixed by the President.
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Sec. 8. Undertaking. — Each cadet shall sign an agreement that unless sooner
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separated by duly authorized authority, he shall:
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(1) Complete the course of instruction at the Aca Jemy; and,
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(2) Accept an appointment and serve as a commissioned officer of the AFP for
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at least eight (8) years immediately after graduation from the Academy.
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Sec. 9. Cadet Requirement - Any Cadet who shall after entrance to the
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Academy and before completion of the prescribed courses of training, be found
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physically and mentally unfit for military assignment by reason of injur/ or disease
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incident to the service, shall be retired with the rank of second lieutenant of the AFP.
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Sec. 10. Prohibition Against Hazing. - Subject to the approval of the Secretary
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of the National Defense, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue rules and
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regulations preventing hazing and prescribe dismissal, suspension and other adequate
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punishment for violation thereof.
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For the purpose of this Act, the term "hazing" means any unauthorized
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assumption of authority by a cadet whereby another cadet suffers or is exposed to
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any form of injury, indignity, humiliation, hardship or oppression or the deprivation or
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abridgement of any right.
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If a cadet is charged with violating any rule or regulation issued pursuant to
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this section, the penalty of which is dismissal from the Academy, a request in writing
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for a trial by a general court martial may be submitted.
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A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing shall not be reappointed as an
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Air Force Cadet and shall be ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in
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the Armed Forces of the Philippines unit after two (2) years from the graduation of
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the class.
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Sec. 11. Commission. — Upon satisfactory completion of the course of
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instruction at the Academy, the Cadets shall be commissioned second lieutenants in
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the regular force of the Philippine Air Force with the relative rank in the order of final
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general standing as determined by the Academic Board of the Academy and approved
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by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.


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Sec. 12. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. ~ Tne 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 shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations 
Act.
Sec. 14. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision or part not otherwise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
Sec. 15. Repeating Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or Issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative ordi^r, rule, or reguiaticn contrary 
to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or 
amended accordingly.
Sec. 16. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after Its 
publication in the Official Gazette ov in a newspaper of generai circulation.
Approved,