Air force academy

{{redirect|Air academy|text="Air Academy" is also a dated spelling for Ayr Academy in Scotland}} An '''air force academy''' or '''air academy''' is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned officers in a national air force. The world's first air academy was the RAF (Cadet) College (now called the Royal Air Force College) which was founded on 1 November 1919 on the site of a Royal Navy flying training station.

Many nations support air academies, some of which are:

*The Air Force Academy, Finnish Air Force in Jyväskylä, Finland *The Republic of China Air Force Academy of Taiwan, founded in 1928 *The Accademia Aeronautica of Italy, founded in 1923 *The Brazilian Air Force Academy ''(Academia da Força Aérea)'', founded in 1960 *The Bangladesh Air Force Academy, founded in 1974 as BAF Cadets’ Training Unit *The Royal Danish Air Force Officers School, founded in 1951 *The ''École de l'air'' of France *The Air Force Academy of India *The Indonesian Air Force Academy, founded in 1945 *The Egyptian Air Academy, founded in 1951 *The Gagarin Air Force Academy, Russian Air Force, founded in 1940 *The Hellenic Air Force Academy of Greece, founded in 1919 as the Military Academy of Aviation, became the Air Force School in 1931 *The Korea Air Force Academy, founded as the Aviation Academy in 1949 *The Norwegian Air Force Academy, founded in 1949 *The Pakistan Air Force Academy, founded as a flying training school in 1947 and became a college in 1948, redesignated as an academy in 1967 *The Polish Air Force Academy, founded in 1927 *The Portuguese Air Force Academy (''Academia da Força Aérea''), founded in 1978 *The Sri Lanka Air Force Academy, founded in 1976 *The Turkish Air Force Academy, founded in 1951 *The Royal Air Force College Cranwell of the United Kingdom, founded in 1916 as a naval air training base, became an air force college in 1919<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H1.htm |title=rafweb.org |access-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020108095313/http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H1.htm |archive-date=2002-01-08 }}</ref> *The United States Air Force Academy, founded in 1954 *The Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Russian Air Force, founded in 1920 *The Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy, Russian Air Force, amalgamation of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and Gagarin Air Force Academy in 2008 *The Israeli Air Force flight academy trains aircrew to operate Israeli Air Force aircraft, qualifying fighter, helicopter and transport pilots as well as combat and transport navigators.

== See also ==

* * Naval academy

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