The following application guidelines are provided for all of our readers who wish to apply for the Nigerian Air Force’s [NAF] 2024–2025 Recruitment Application Portal.
The gateway for the Nigerian Air Force BMTC Recruitment will open on October 20, 2023, and finish on December 11, 2023, as advertised.The recruitment exercise has passed its deadline.
To be clear, there is no cost to apply for the Nigerian Air Force, thus stay away from websites that purport to be NAF portals and charge you for this service. To learn how to make the shortlist and what it takes to apply for the upcoming recruitment exercise, please carefully review all of the information offered here.
Difference Between NAF DSSC & BMTC Recruitment Exercise
DSSC and BMTC Recruitment are two categories under which the Nigerian Air Force recruitment process falls.Less than six months of training are required for BMTC Recruitment, which prepares candidates to become airmen and airwomen.Degree holders with a focus on a particular field are eligible to apply for the DSSC Recruitment; those who get the short list will be commissioned as flying officers.
The Regular Combatant is the final recruitment category. The distinctions among the three groups are shown in the table below.
| Regular Combatant | Direct Short Service Commission[DSSC] | Basic Military Training Course | |
| Age Limit | 17 years old and not more than 21 years old | None | 18 and 22 For Non-Tradesmen and 18 and 25 for Tradesmen and Women |
| Duration | 5 years[4 years of both academic and military training and one year of dedicated military training] | 6 months | 1 to 6 months |
| Outcome | Bachelor’s Degree and a presidential commission to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army (NA), Midship Man in the Nigerian Navy (NN), and Flying Officer in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) | Successful candidates are commissioned into the rank of Flying Officer | Would become Tradesmen & Tradeswomen respectively |
Procedures To Apply For NAF Recruitment[BMTC& DSSC] Exercise
Applications for the DSSC and BMTC recruitment exercises of the Nigerian Air Force [NAF] must be submitted online at nafrecruitment.airforce.mil.ng. Visit the application portal as soon as the forms are available, select the particular category you’re interested in, and register for an account.
Core Requirements Applicants Need To Possess To Be Eligible For NAF 2024 Recruitment
The requirement needed depends on the category of recruitment that is being done. During the BMTC Recruitment, the essentials required would be higher than the ones needed for the DSSC Recruitment. Below is the summary of requirements applicants must possess to be eligible for the next recruitment exercise:
- Nationality: Applicant must be a Nigerian by birth with a means of identification to prove this.
- Age Requirements: All applicants must be at least 18 before applying and almost 22 years old, especially for the BMTC Recruitment exercise. The only exception to this age is for Medical Consultants[25-40 years] and Chaplains/Imams[20 – 32 years].
- Height Requirements: The minimum height for male applicants is 1.65m, while the minimum height for female applicants is 1.63m. You will be updated once the form is released if there is a minimum chest requirement for male applicants.
- Qualifications Needed: Applicants are expected to possess a Second Class Upper Division for holders of the First Degree and Upper Credit for HND holders.
- Olevel Result: Possession of an Olevel result with a minimum of at least five credits in relevant subjects(including English and Mathematics) is vital or important.
- Medical Fitness: Applicants must be medically fit before applying
- Local Government Area Attestation Form
- Relationship Status: Before applying, applicants are expected to be single; also, pregnant women are prohibited from applying.[Note this is for the BMTC applicants]
- For BMTC Applicants alone: After applying, you would be expected to printout an acknowledgment slip, Attestation of Parent / Guardians Form, and Local Government Area Attestation Form
- A Bank Verification Number[BVN] is needed
What Is The Latest News On Nigerian Airforce Recruitment?
Right now, the NAF Recruitment application form is not available. However, stay tuned to this page to learn when it will be made available to the public.
There are questions about the Nigerian Air Force recruitment exercise every day, and this website is one of the locations where you can find the most recent information about it. We also make sure that the information we provide to our visitors is sufficient.
Nigerian Airforce Recruitment Application Portal Login
Applications for the various categories should be submitted through the Nigerian Air Force Recruitment Application Portal (nafrecruitment.airforce.mil.ng). Over the years, they have exclusively used the portal for which we have provided the URL above to conduct recruitment.
We would love to make it clear that the same portal would be used to apply for all categories of recruitment. The same procedures would also be followed if you want to apply for the next exercise, so take proper note of the above-mentioned ones.
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