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{{Short description|Public college in Pasay, Philippines}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox university
| name                   = Philippine State College of Aeronautics
| native_name            = {{native name|fil|Kolehiyong Pampamahalaan sa Aeronautika ng Pilipinas}}
| image_name             = Seal of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics.png
| image_size             = 150px
| image_alt              =
| caption                = Seal of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics
| established            = {{Start date and years ago|1969}}
| type                   = [[State university (Philippines)|State College]], [[Flight training|Aviation School]]
| president              = Prof. Marwin M. Dela Cruz<ref name="President">{{cite web |title=Homepage |url=http://www.philsca.edu.ph/homepage |website=Philippine State College of Aeronautics |access-date=August 21, 2020}}</ref>
| vice-president         = {{collapsible list|bullets=true|contents=|Dr. Rowena S. Navera (Academic Affairs)|Darby P. Esperanzate (Administration and Finance)}}
| dean                   = {{collapsible list|bullets=true|contents=|Engr. Jeq Zyrius P. Sudweste (OIC - Institute of Engineering and Technology)|Bely B. Apostol, MEAM (Institute of Computer Studies)|James Albert G. Obispo, J.D. (Institute of Liberal Arts and Science)|Dr. Rene E. Bersoto (Institute of Graduate Studies)|Asst. Prof. Garlie G. Gonzales (Student Affairs)}}
| director               = Dr. Roderick C. Santiago<br />(Flying School)
| campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]], approx. 16,500 m²
| city                   = Piccio Garden, [[Villamor Air Base|Villamor]], [[Pasay]]
| country                = [[Philippines]] (main campus)
| coordinates            = {{coord|14.52655|121.02369|format=dms|dim:30_region:PH_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map            = Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Metro Manila##Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines
| former_names           = {{bulleted list|Basa Air Base Community College (1967–1977)|Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics (1977–1992)}}
| endowment              =
| students               =
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| free_label             = Hymn
| free                   = "Oh Philsca Dear"
| colors                 = {{color box|#003BAF|Blue|white}} and {{color box|white|White}}
| nickname               = Philscans, Iron Eagle
| mascot                 =
| affiliations           = {{hlist|[[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|CHED]]|[[Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines|CAAP]]|[[Civil Service Commission of the Philippines|CSC]]|[[Commission on Audit of the Philippines|COA]]|[[Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Philippines)|TESDA]]|[[Professional Regulation Commission|PRC]]|SAEP|AACUP|[[Philippine Air Force|PAF]]|[[State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association|SCUAA]]|[[Universities and Colleges of Luzon Athletics Association|UCLAA]]}}
| website                = {{URL|http://philsca.edu.ph/}}
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The '''Philippine State College of Aeronautics''' ('''PhilSCA''' {{IPA|tl|ˈfɪlskɐ|}}; {{langx|fil|Kolehiyong Pampamahalaan sa Aeronautika ng Pilipinas}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas |date=2018 |publisher=Kagawaran ng Badyet at Pamamahala (Department of Budget and Management) |url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/AboutDBM/2018/2018_filipino_version.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=fil}}</ref>) is a [[state Universities and Colleges (Philippines)|state college]] in the [[Philippines]] specializing in [[aeronautics]] and [[aviation]]. Its main campus is in [[Pasay]], [[Metro Manila]], with other campuses located across the country: [[Floridablanca, Pampanga]]; [[Lipa, Batangas]]; and [[Lapu-Lapu, Philippines|Lapu-Lapu City]]. It is the only institution in the Philippines that offers masters programs in aeronautical education and management.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
In 2012, PhilSCA was awarded by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as the Number 1 Aeronautical School in the Country as it gained high percentage of board passers and for being Top 1 in the PRC Aeronautical Engineering Board Examination for almost 7 years in a row from 2004 until October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolsphilippines.com/2012/02/top-4-aeronautical-engineering-schools.html|title=Top 4 Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Philippines 2011|author=JK|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
== History ==
The school was initially established in 1968 as Basa Air Base Community College under ''AFP Regulation G.168-342'' issued by the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]] dated April 1968 under the [[Department of National Defense (Philippines)|Department of National Defense]] to address the problem plaguing the 5th Fighter Wing of the Philippine Air Force stationed at Basa Air Base, [[Floridablanca, Pampanga|Floridablanca]], [[Pampanga]]. The children and personnel then stationed in Basa could not pursue secondary and tertiary education as the nearest school offering them were located in Guagua, Pampanga, and Basa was in the midst of an insurgency.
In 1977, Basa Air Base College (BABC) established an annex in [[Nichols Air Base]] (currently Villamor Air Base) in Pasay known as BABC-Annex using the classroom of the [[Pasay City South High School]] for afternoon and evening classes.
In the same year, a satellite campus was established in [[Fernando Air Base]] in [[Lipa, Batangas]].
Also in the same year, President [[Ferdinand E. Marcos]] signed ''Presidential Decree No. 1078'' converting Basa Air Base Community College to Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics with its main campus at Villamor Air Base, Pasay, Metro Manila.<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Decree No. 1078, s. 1977 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1977/01/26/presidential-decree-no-1078-s-1977/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |access-date=August 21, 2020 |date=January 26, 1977}}</ref> Although with state college status, its charter did not provide for government subsidy as it was considered as a non-profit and non-stock educational institution. It was envisioned by Philippine Air Force authorities to be the Philippine Air Force Academy to solve its problem in the procurement and training of its officer pilots through the merging of the Philippine Air Force Flying School and the Philippine Air Force Regular Officer Procurement Program.
In 1979, another satellite campus was established in Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base Campus in [[Lapulapu]] City in [[Mactan]], [[Cebu]].
On June 3, 1992, ''House Bill 26650'' was signed into law as ''Republic Act. No. 7605'' by then President [[Corazon C. Aquino]] converting Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics into a state college known as the Philippine State College of Aeronautics.<ref>{{cite web |title=R.A. No. 7605: An Act Converting the Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics into a State College to be Known as the Philippine State College of Aeronautics and for Other Purposes, Amending P.D. No. 1078 Entitled, "Converting the Basa Air Base Community College into the Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics, Providing for a Charter for This Purpose" |url=https://thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-7605.php |website=The Corpus Juris |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=en |date=June 3, 1992}}</ref>
In 1994, its Board of Trustees approved the creation of its own flight school that will train students for private pilot and commercial pilot. In 1997, it acquired its first trainer plane --- a [[SOCATA TB family|SOCATA TB-9C Tampico]] aircraft (RP-2200) which was donated by Senator [[Raul Roco]] from his country-wide development fund and another Tampico aircraft (RP-2204) was purchased for P10 million from PhilSCA Development Fund on June 3, 1992.
In 2009, Dr. Enerico M. Sampang was dismissed as College President of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics by the Office of the Ombudsman and immediately replaced by Atty. Carmelita Yadao-Sison, [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|CHED]] Deputy Executive Director as an OIC (Office in Charge) of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/09/05/26/html_output/xmlhtml/20090525-207092-xml.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222030635/http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/09/05/26/html_output/xmlhtml/20090525-207092-xml.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2013|title=INQUIRER.net|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
June 1, 2010, Dr. Bernard R. Ramirez, former Vice-President for Administration and Finance, was appointed as the new and 5th College President of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics replacing Atty. Carmelita Yadao-Sison as an OIC.
On July 8, 2010, the college was transferred from its original location at Manlunas St. Villamor Air Base, Pasay (currently [[Newport City, Philippines|Newport City]]) to its new site at Piccio Garden, Villamor, Pasay (in front of [[South Luzon Expressway]] Sales Exit)
On December 15, 2011, the PhilSCA-BAB campus made a groundbreaking ceremony of the newly donated lot for the relocation of the said campus at the Resettlement Area, in [[Floridablanca, Pampanga]]. When the said campus relocated to the new site, it was no longer BAB Campus, it became Basa Palmayo Campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.pampanga.gov.ph/index.php/philippine-state-college-of-aeronautics-philsca/|title=Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PHILSCA)|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.headlinegl.com/philsca-thanks-pampanga-officials-for-p10-m-building/ |title=PHILSCA thanks Pampanga officials for P10-M building &#124; Headline Gitnang Luzon |access-date=September 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025412/http://www.headlinegl.com/philsca-thanks-pampanga-officials-for-p10-m-building/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In June 2014, Governor Lilia Pineda inaugurated the new constructed two-storey building of the PhilSCA Basa-Palmayo campus funded by the local government of Pampanga through the approval of the Provincial Board Members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2014/06/11/guv-opens-2-new-philsca-buildings-347763|title=Pampanga guv opens 2 new PhilSCA buildings – Sun.Star|date=July 16, 2012|website=archive.sunstar.com.ph}}</ref>
=== Former names ===
* Basa Air Base Community College (June 1969 – January 26, 1977)
* Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics (January 26, 1977 – June 3, 1992)
* Philippine State College of Aeronautics (June 3, 1992 – present)
== Campuses ==
[[File:Philippine State College of Aeronautics main campus (2019).jpg|thumb|left|PhilSCA main campus in Villamor, Pasay]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Campus
! scope="col" | Campus Director
! scope="col" | Founded
! scope="col" | Address
|-
! scope="row" | PhilSCA – Villamor Campus
| Prof. Marwin M. Dela Cruz
| 1977
| Piccio Garden, [[Villamor Air Base|Villamor]], [[Pasay]]
|-
! scope="row" | PhilSCA – Basa Air Base Campus
| rowspan="2" | Prof. Felix L. Alegado
| 1967
| Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga
|-
|PhilSCA – Basa-Palmayo Extension Campus
|2014
|Palmayo Resettlement Area, Palmayo, [[Floridablanca, Pampanga]]
|-
! scope="row" | PhilSCA – Fernando Air Base Campus
| Dr. Rowena S. Navera
| 1977
| [[Fernando Air Base]], [[Lipa, Batangas|Lipa]], [[Batangas]]
|-
! scope="row" | PhilSCA – Mactan Campus
| rowspan="2" | Dr. Warlito B. Caro
| 1979
| [[Mactan Air Base|B/Gen Benito N. Ebuen Air Base]], [[Lapu-Lapu, Philippines|Lapu-Lapu]], [[Cebu]]
|-
|PhilSCA – Mactan-Medellin Extension Campus
|2014
|Barangay Curva, Medellin, Cebu
|}
;Upcoming campuses
*PhilSCA – Guimaras<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailyguardian.net/index.php/local-news/24928-aviation-school-to-open-in-guimaras|title=Aviation school to open in Guimaras|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloilometropolitantimes.com/aviation-school-in-guimaras-to-rise/|title=Aviation School in Guimaras to rise|work=Iloilo Metropolitan Times|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
== Organization ==
=== Board of trustees ===
Under the ''Republic Act 8292'', Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997, the governing body of state universities and colleges is hereby in the Board of Regents for universities and in the Board of Trustees for colleges which shall be composed of the following:
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Board Member
!
|-
|Chairperson
|Dr. Marita R. Canapi
|Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education
|-
|Vice Chairperson
|Hon. Marwin M. Dela Cruz Ph. D.
|College President, Philippine State College of Aeronautics
|-
|Member
|Sen. [[Alan Peter Cayetano]]
|Chairperson, Senate Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education
|-
|Member
|Hon. [[Marquez Go]]
|Chairperson, House Committee on Higher and Technical Education
|-
|Member
|Lt. Gen. [[Stephen Parreño]]
|[[Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force]]
|-
|Member
|Sec. [[Arsenio Balisacan]]
|Secretary, [[National Economic and Development Authority]]
|-
|Member
|Hon. Ramon A. Ragasa
|Representative, Private Sector
|-
|Member
|Hon. Isidro T. Macaranas
|PhilSCA Alumni Sector Representative
|-
|Member
|Assoc. Prof Ramsey S. Ferrer
|President, PhilSCA Faculty Federation
|-
|Member
|Ma. Lourdes Maureen M. Vela
|President, PhilSCA Federation of Supreme Student Council
|}
== Academic programs ==
=== Institute of Engineering and Technology ===
Certified Approved Training Organization (ATO) by the CAAP <br />
Level II AACCUP accredited: Aeronautical Engineering and Aircraft Maintenance Technology <br />
Level I AACCUP accredited: Aviation Electronics Technology
* Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering (BSAeE)
* Bachelor of Science in Air Transportation major in Advanced Flying (BSAT)
* Bachelor of Science in Aircraft Maintenance Technology (BSAMT)
* Bachelor of Science in Aviation Electronics Technology (BSAET)
* Associate in Aircraft Maintenance Technology (AAMT)
* Associate in Aviation Electronics Technology (AAET)
=== Institute of Computer Studies ===
Level II AACCUP accredited: Information Management major in Airline Operation <br />
Level II AACCUP accredited: Aviation Information Technology
* Bachelor of Science in Aviation Information Technology (BSAIT)
* Bachelor of Science in Aviation Information System (BSAIS)
=== Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences ===
* Bachelor of Science in Aviation Communication major in Flight Operations (BSAvComm)
* Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management with specialization in Aviation Logistics (BSAvLog)
* Bachelor of Science in Aviation Tourism major in Travel Management (BSAvTour)
* Bachelor of Science in Aviation Safety and Security Management (BSAvSSM)
=== Institute of Graduate Studies ===
* Master of Education in Aeronautical Management (MEAM)
* Master in Public Administration (MPA) specializing in Governmental and Airport Administration
[[File:Jf9795Palmayo_Floridablanca_Pampangafvf_06.JPG|thumb|right|200px|PhilSCA – Basa Palmayo, [[Floridablanca, Pampanga]] ]]
== Publications ==
The official student publication of the College is known as ''Aeronautica''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/iAeronautica|title=Aeronautica|work=Facebook|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref> in Villamor Campus, ''Aerodite'' in Basa-Palmayo Campus, ''Aeropioneer'' in Fernando Air Base Campus and ''Aerotalk'' in Mactan Air Base Campus.
== Notable alumni ==
*  [[William Hotchkiss III|Lt. Gen. William K. Hotchkiss III, AFP (Ret.)]] – Director General, [[Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines]] (CAAP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/35420/former-air-force-general-is-new-civil-aviation-authority-head|title=Former Air Force general is new Civil Aviation Authority head|work=InterAksyon.com|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.philsca.edu.ph/}}
* [http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno1078.html#.UMKcq-Q05k0 PAFCA Act] – Presidential Degree 1078 converting Basa Air Base Community College into the Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics.
* [http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno7605.html#.UMKbGeQ05k0 PhilSCA Act] – Republic Act 7605 converting the Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics into a state college to be known as the Philippine State College of Aeronautics.
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