An aspirant seeking way to get into the pilot field of Indian Air Force, they need to appear in some physical and mental tests. Some basic physical requirements include eyesight perfection; free from disease and bone or muscle defect height and weight measures and coordination, etc.
For a pilot of Indian Air Force, you don’t need to have specific weight or height to get into this field. The criteria for height and weight are quite good which has a range of height and weight. Medical standards have a chart which describes the height and weight coordination. The height and weight, coordination of an aspirant must meet with the age of the candidate as given in the chart. The chart shows a pattern of increasing weight requirement with increasing height along with the range of age.
Must Know AFCAT 2 2017 Pilot Entry Required Physical Standard
IAF conducts AFCAT entry twice every year, this year first entry was conducted in February and second will be conducted in Sep/Oct month.
The minimum height required for males is going through CDS entry is 162.5 cms and for NDA aspirants it is 152 cms. Normally, ± 10% form average weight is acceptable in the armed forces. The table for Indian Air Force has mentioned the height of candidate in millimetres starting from 1520 mm and ending to 1930 mm. While the maximum and minimum weight mentioned the table is 46 kgs to 82 kgs. And when it comes to the age range, the age has some ranges starting from 15 years and ending at 48 years. But the required age for a pilot is 15-24 years staring from NDA to CDS, NCC entry and AFCAT entry.
Flying Branch IAF
- Height and Weight: Minimum height : 162.5 cms with correlated weight, Leg Length : Min – 99 cms. Max – 120 cms.Thigh Length : Max – 64 cms.Sitting Height : Min – 81.5 cms.Max – 96 cms.
- Vision:
- Minimum Visual Acuity 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other, correctable to 6/6 only for hypermetropia.
- Manifest Myopia – Nil. Retinoscopic Myopia: -0.5 in any meridian permitted, Astigmatism: + 0.75 D Cyl (with +2.0 D- Max) Maddox Rod Test(i) at 6 meters – Exo-6 prism D, Eso-6 prism D, Hyper-1 prism D, Hypo-1 prism
(ii) at 33 cms – Exo-16 prism D, Eso-6 prism D, Hyper-1 prism D, Hypo-1 prism D. Hand held stereoscope – All of BSV Grades. Convergence – upto 10 cm. Cover test for distant and near – Lateral divergence/convergence recovery rapid and complete. Binocular Vision – Must possess good binocular vision (fusion and stereopsis with good amplitude and depth).
- LASIK Surgery for correction of vision is admissible in Transport and Helicopter streams of Short Service Commission (Flying Branch) if the following conditions are fulfilled at the time of Air Force medical examination:-
- LASIK Surgery should not have been carried out before the age of 20 years.
- The axial length of the eye should not be more than 25.5 mm as measured by OLmaster.
- At least twelve months should have lapsed post uncomplicate stable LASIK. No history or evidence of any complication.
- The post LASIK corneal thickness as measured by a corneal pachymeter should not be less than 450 microns.
- Individuals with high refractive errors (>6D) prior to LASIK are to be excluded. Candidates must not suffer from colour or night blindness.
- All other medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical Authorities whose decision on the fitness would be final
Weight-related problem – Height problem is rarely seen in aspirants and weight has become a major problem for aspirant these days. Many aspirants who get recommended while working in private sector faces the problem of either overweight or underweight. Reason being the desk job where you have a computer as your only companion and have to spend 8-9hours with it. Well aspirants who want to reduce weight need to balance their diet and include exercise in their daily routine. While aspirants who want to increase their weight are also required to increase nutritious food along with physical exercise.
