The Indonesian Air Force Academy (Indonesian: Akademi Angkatan Udara or AAU) is a military air force academy of the Indonesian Air Force, the air force component of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy System or the AKABRI. Its campus is located in the Adisutjipto Air Force Base complex in Yogyakarta and trains men and women to become commissioned officers of the Indonesian Air Force. Of all the military academies in Indonesia, despite the AFA having been opened in November of 1945 (and thus is the second oldest), it has roots dating back to 1921.
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History
The academy's long history began in 1921 in the Kalijati District of Subang Regency, West Java. On 1 August 1921 the colonial government of the Netherlands East Indies officially opened the first ever military flying school in a makeshift airfield in the district for potential pilots in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. It moved to Bandung in 1939 and by the time the NEI was handed over to the Japanese in 1942 there had been a number of Indonesian-born alumni who had previously trained in the Netherlands and were commissioned after studies in the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Breda. One of them was the future first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indonesian Air Force, then Flying Officer Suryadi Suryadarma of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force who would in the independence era (and the Indonesian National Revolution) would be instrumental in the formation of the young air force. Assisted by Agustinus Adisucipto, another ML-KNIL veteran who served in the independence forces, the academy opened its doors on its current campus, what is now the Adisutjipto Air Force Base, on 15 November 1945, assuming its current name in the 1950s and in the 1960s its present day 4-year officer cadet course for air officer cadets. From just a flight of around 90 cadets today the Cadet Wing IAFA is composed of around 1,800 air officer cadets composed into 4 groups.
Recent developments
Starting in 2011, graduates of the academy were awarded a Bachelor's degree (in applied defence sciences, Indonesian: Sarjana Sains Terapan Pertahanan) along with other academies in AKABRI. In 2017, the academy had its first female graduates of Second Lieutenant rank.
History of the Karbol nickname of the cadets of the Cadet Wing
The late Group Captain (later promoted posthumously to Air Vice Marshal) Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman Saleh was during his younger days the only scholar of the time during the Dutch East Indies period to obtain a doctorate. As a senior student he was known as a person who pursued radio telegraphy and aviation. Even during the occupation of the Japanese military government, he managed to assemble an amateur radio station in Salemba dormitory in Jakarta. This radio station was very useful for Indonesian underground movement fighters during the 3.5 years of Japanese occupation, a few of them would later go on during the early years of the independent republic, his actions would later lead to the formation of Radio Republik Indonesia. Because of the various features of excellence, one of the Dutch professors called him as Krullebol (The Intelligent Critic). In 1946, he took command of the Malang Air Force Base in East Java. He perished on 29 July 1947 while aboard the Dakota VT-CLA after it was hit by 2 RNEIAAF P-40 Kittyhawks together with 7 others, including GPCAPT Agustinus Adisucipto, FLGOFF Adisumarmo Wiryokusumo and RAF Wing Commander Alexander Noel Constantine while it was landing in the Maguwo airfield. The 3 Indonesian Air Force officers who perished in the crash were later honored as National Heroes of Indonesia.
LTCOL Saleh Basarah, then the commander of 1st Training Wing in Yogyakarta, had just returned from the United States Air Force Academy as part of his tour of international air force academies in early 1963. It was there that he devised the inspiration of the Karbol nickname for the air force cadets in the AFA. Its fourth class cadets (freshmen) are sometimes referred to as "doolies," a term derived from the Greek word ?????? ("doulos") meaning "slave" or "servant." The Air Force officer, while on his visit, also dropped by General James H. "Jimmy" Doollitle, USAF, the hero of the Doolittle Raid of 1942, the very same year the Netherlands East Indies was occupied by Imperial Japanese military and naval forces, who was nicknamed "Mr.Doolly" and "The Doolles" by everyone, including the USAFA cadets and servicemen who served with him. Given that the air force lieutenant colonel had fellow officers who had been mentored by the late Group Captain Dr. Saleh, who he regarded as one of the finest officers of the air force, he was bestowed posthumously, in honor of his sacrifice to the young air force and the republic, with the nickname Pak Karbol (Karbol shorthand for Intelligent Airman). When he later assumed command of the Air Education, Training and Doctrine Command in the mid-60s, he decided to use that Karbol name to become the official name for all cadets of the Indonesian Air Force Academy.
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Current curiculum
The Air Force Academy, similar to most air force academies in the world, is a medium-sized, highly residential baccalaureate college, with a full-time, four-year undergraduate program that emphasizes instruction in the arts, sciences, and professions with no graduate program, preparing men and women to take on the challenge of being officers of the Indonesian Air Force. The academy is accredited by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education. Cadets who passed the initial selection process will first attend a 1-year basic program in Indonesian Military Academy with students from the Military, Naval and Police academies, prior to 3 more years of specialized study in the Adisutjipto Air Force Base in Yogyakarta.
Undergraduate program - academic
The academic program consists of a structured core of subjects depending on the cadet's chosen specialty as a future Air Force officer, balanced between the arts and sciences, in his/her chosen speciality branch (combat commands, combat support, air materiel, aerospace engineering and administration). During the academic year, all cadets take formal classes in military theory, operations and leadership. Regardless of major, all cadets graduate with a Bachelor of Defense Science degree.
Undergraduate program - military
As all cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants upon graduation, aviation and leadership education is nested with academic instruction. Military training and discipline fall under the purview of the Office of the Commandant of Cadets. Entering freshmen, or 4th class cadets, are referred to as New Cadets, and enter the academy on Reception Day (in September) to start their military service training as future officers and are recognized as full cadets in a ceremony in January the following year alongside cadets from the other service branches and the National Police, where they receive ceremonial daggers. Additionally the cadets of the academy, which form the student body known as the Cadet Wing, given their duties as future officers of the Air Force, have additional emphasis on parachute training and for students aiming for pilot status, flight training with the 1st Training Wing's fixed-wing training aircraft to ensure preparedness to become future military aviators of the republic while for cadets aiming for service as officers in the ground establishments (Paskhas, Air Defense and Military Police) these also receieve additional training in their respective chosen specialty branches.
The Academy also has links with military academies in the Asia-Pacific, the United States Air Force Academy and the Royal Military College of Canada and thus also has a sizable number of foreign exchange cadets who graduate as Second Lieutenants and with a bachelor's degree and thus return to their countries of origin to serve in their air forces. Given its Dutch traditions as a former colonial territory the academy is also linked with the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Breda, The Netherlands, the very academy where one of its founders had graduated.
Cadet life
Cadets are not referred to as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors. Instead they are officially called fourth class, third class, second class, and first class cadets, or generally as Taruna-Taruni AAU or Karbol AAU (Air Cadets of the Academy) as a whole. As the national air force college its cadets, male and female, come from all over Indonesia as well as foreign exchange cadets from many countries of the world. As part of their preparation for service in the Air Force, Cadets in the flying branches have the opportunity to take part in several airmanship activities to include soaring, parachuting (also done by potential cadets for service in the Paskhas corps), and powered flight. Select cadets are also granted leave if needed to explore historic Yogyakarta, the home city of the IAFA.
Cadets are organized into the Cadet Wing with four groups of 3 -4 Cadet Squadrons each. Today the Cadet Groups are led by Cadet Flight Sergeants and Cadet Sergeant Majors, similar to US service academies, until 2000 these were staffed with military personnel in keeping with the former Dutch practice leading the 4th class cadets. Given its current curriculum and the joint service training program being done by the fourth class cadets the Groups are manned only by the third, second, and first class cadets in order of increasing precedence. The Air Force Academy cadet sabre, granted by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, is carried by first class (senior) cadets in command positions in the Cadet Wing with Cadet Sergeant Major rank. All graduates are normally entitled to own no more than two sabres after their commissioning: one for personal use and one to be given as a gift.
Ranks of the Corps
- Prajurit Karbol (Air Officer Cadet), 1st year (4 months)
- Kopral Karbol (Cadet Corporal), 1st year (8 months)
- Sersan Karbol (Cadet Sergeant), 2nd year, most academy cadets begin their studies in this rank after their joint service training the year before
- Sersan Mayor Dua Karbol (Cadet Flight Sergeant), 3rd year - held by platoon commanders
- Sersan Mayor Satu Karbol (Cadet Sergeant Major), 4th year - held by company and battalion commanders
Organization of the Cadet Wing
- Wing HQ
- Commandant
- Assistant Commandant
- Command Sergeant Major
- 1st to 4th Cadet Groups
- Support Group
- Special Troops Group
- Gita Dirgantara Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps
- Regimental Band of the Air Force Academy
- Dependencies
- Academy Musem
References
See also
- Indonesian Air Force
- Indonesian Military Academy
- Indonesian Naval Academy
- Indonesian National Armed Forces
Source of article : Wikipedia
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