AFCAT Result 2026 (Out): Download AFCAT 1 Result, Direct Link, Release Date

AFCAT Result 2026: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has released the Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 1 result 2026 today, March 11, 2026, on the official website. Candidates who appeared for the AFCAT 1 exam 2026, conducted on January 31, 2026, can check and download their results via the official portal - afcat.cdac.in. To access the result, applicants need to enter their application number and password in the login window.

Candidates who have qualified for the AFCAT 1 exam 2026 will be moving on to the next stage of the selection process, which is the AFCAT 2 exam 2026. The dates for the AFCAT 2 exam 2026 will be announced later by the examination body on its official website. IAF issued the provisional answer key for the AFCAT 1 exam 2026 on February 1, 2026, and candidates had until February 3, 2026, to raise objections against it. 

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The AFCAT 1 2026 notification is likely to be out in December 2025.

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AFCAT Result 2026

As stated above, the exam is held to recruit Officers in Flying and Ground Duties (Technical and Non-Technical) in the IAF. Applicants who attempt the AFCAT Test can review the results to assess their level of performance and to determine whether they are qualified for further processes of AFSB or not. Check the important AFCAT result 1 2026 dates in the table below-

AFCAT Result 2026: How to Check?

Applicants must know the steps to check the AFCAT result once declared. The following steps should be taken into consideration to successfully access the exam result-

• Candidates must first visit the official website
• Once there, they must select the "AFCAT Result 2026" link provided on the homepage
• To access the result, they will be asked to complete the AFCAT login by providing their registration ID and password
• The result will be displayed on the screen once they have logged in
• Students are advised to download and take a printout of the scorecard. 

AFCAT Marks Normalization

The Indian Air Force conducted the AFCAT 1 exam onJanuary 31, 2026. Due to exams being conducted in different shifts, IAF opts for the marks normalization process in order to ensure fair calculation of scores for students who got a difficult shift. The marks normalization formula is given below: 

AFCAT Result 2026: Discrepancies

Students must carefully check the scorecard once it has been made available to them. If they find any discrepancies in the result, they must inform the exam authorities immediately. Candidates must check for the following details on the AFCAT scorecard-

AFCAT Merit List 2026

The candidates who clear the written exam and the AFSB interviews will be eligible for the final AFCAT merit list. For the online test and the Interview, the IAF determines different minimum qualifying marks. Based on the combined marks from these two rounds, candidates will be ranked in order of merit. 

The allocation of applicants for Permanent Commission/Short Service Commission in Ground Duty and Flying Branches is done in accordance with the availability of AFCAT vacancies, how well candidates performed throughout the selection process, and their preferences.