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WHERE WE ARE NOW AIR BASES

PRINCE FAISAL
TECHNICAL COLLEGE (PFTC)

THE FACTORY OF
TECHNICAL MASTERS

The staff of the Prince Faisal Technical College (PFTC) While studying, students receive a salary and
takes pride in the fact that it is the main source enjoy benefits like health insurance and social
of technicians and specialists who constitute the security. After graduation, they are entitled to a
technical backbone of the RJAF. special bonus to their salaries for their technical
skills.
The facility was established in 1964 as a technical
school, but changed status, and name, in 1986, when it What makes a degree from the PFTC and an RJAF
became an intermediate community college granting career very special is that when these technicians
diplomas and providing the RJAF with militarily and leave the Air force, their skills are demanded
academically qualified non-commissioned officers in the local, regional and international labor
(NCOs) who carry out all kinds of maintenance and markets.
upgrades work to aircraft, equipment, electronic
systems and other facilities. The PFTC also hosts students from other Arab
countries such as UAE, Sudan and Yemen.
With a capacity that expanded from 100 students at
its inception 55 years ago to 900 nowadays, the PFTC
is academically supervised by the state-run Balqa
Applied University. It offers programs in aviation
electronics, guided weapons, airframe repair, aircraft
engine maintenance and repair, electrical systems
and instrumentation technology, special-purpose
ground vehicles, ground electrical systems, supply
management and IT.

In the process, students are taught academic courses
such as English, Math and Physics.

To incentivize students to work hard in their
academic and practical studies, the top two achievers
in each program are granted, at the expense of the
Air Force, a fully paid scholarship to bridge for a
bachelor degree in engineering at a local university,
while students are also offered scholarships to
partner countries such as Pakistan.

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