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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. :204'7 
Introduced by Senator EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The improvement of the regular officer delivery system of the Philippine Air Force 
(P AF) 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 P AF can no longer cope with the required number and proper training of 
officer pilots for the P AF because of inadequate facilities and logistical support. 
Additionally, since a college degree is an academic requirement for entrance into the 
P AFFS, thousands of our gifted high school graduates 'are denied the opportunity of 
serving our country through the P AF 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 Anned 
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 P AF 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. 
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For the foregoing reasons, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested 
w/A 
EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2047 
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: 
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SECTION 1. Philippine Air Force Academy. - There shall be established 
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in the Philippine Air Faroe an educational institution to be known as the 
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Philippine Air Force Academy (PAFA), hereinafter referred to as the Academy, 
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for the instruction and preparation for military service of Air Force Cadets. 
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SEC. 2. Administration. - The Academy as herein established shall be 
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organized and administered by the Commanding General, Philippine Air Force 
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(P AF) under the general supervision and control of the Chief of Staff of the 
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AImed Forces of the Philippines. 
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SEC. 3. Academic Board. - The Academic Board of the Academy shall be 
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composed of the Superintendent, the Dean of the Corps of Professors, the 
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Commandant of Cadets anti the Heads of the departments to be constituted as 
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follows: 
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(a) The Superintendent and the Commander of Cadets of the Academy 
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shall be detailed to those positions by the President from the Officers 
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of the Air Force. 
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(b) The Dean of the Corps of Professors shall be appointed from the 
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permanent professors who have served as heads of departments qf 
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instructions at the Academy. 
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(c) The Academic Board shall have the power to confer the degree of 
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Bachelor of Science under the rules and ~egulations as the Chief of 
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Staff of the New Armed Forces of the Philippines may prescribe upon 
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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 
(CCP AF). 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 anyone 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 ofthe 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 preexisting injur¥ 
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 detennination by the Line of 
Duty Board of the major services that a death is service 
connected is binding upon the Secretary of National Defense. 
(b) Forty (40) from the enlisted members of the Anned 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. 
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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 th~ 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: 
(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. 
SEC. 7. Pay and Allowances. The pay and allowances of the Cadets of 
the 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 
Armed 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 military assignment by reason of injury or 
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disease incident to the service, shall be retired with the rank of a second lieutenant 
of the Anned 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 punishment for violation thereof. 
For the purpose of this Act, "hazing" means any unauthorized assumption 
of authority by a cadet wher~by another cadet suffers or is exposed to any form of 
injll1Y, 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. 
SEC. 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 Aimed Forces of the Philippines. 
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 shall be charged to th,e 
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. 
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SEC. 14. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 
Approued, 
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