Indonesian Air Force Academy
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Akademi Angkatan Udara Tentara Nasional Indonesia
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| Motto | "Vidya Karma Vira Pakca" (Sanskrit) |
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| Type | Air force academy |
| Established | 1 August 1921 (Opening of the first aviation school in the Netherlands East Indies) 15 November 1945(Official foundation) |
| Superintendent | AVM Sri Mulyo Handoko, S.Ip, M.AP., |
| Dean | AIRCDRE Fachri Adamy |
| Students | 1,600 cadets |
| Location | Yogyakarta City, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Affiliations | Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy System |
| Website | www.aau.ac.id |
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.
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.
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