Key AFA-backed accomplishments: ✅ Significantly Increased Pay for Junior Airmen and Guardians ✅ Increased Personnel Strength and Authorities for the U.S. Space Force ✅ Recapitalize the Air Force’s Fighter Fleet MORE: https://lnkd.in/e6KKt88X #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
About us
The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) is an independent, nonprofit, civilian education organization. Our mission is to promote dominant U.S. Air and Space Forces as the foundation of a strong National Defense; to honor and support our Airmen, Space Force Professionals, and their Families; and to remember and respect our enduring Heritage. To accomplish this, we: • EDUCATE the public on the critical need for unrivaled aerospace power and a technically superior workforce to ensure national security • ADVOCATE for aerospace power, and promote aerospace and STEM education and professional development • SUPPORT readiness for the Total Air and Space Forces, including Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, civilians, families and members of the Civil Air Patrol AFA is home to the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, the nation's only thinktank dedicated to advancing U.S. air and space power; publisher of Air Force Magazine and AirForceMag.com, the premier news and information source covering the Air Force and Space Force; and the producer of national the Air and Space Forces' preeminent professional development conferences, the annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference and Air Warfare Symposium. AFA advances aerospace education through a variety of programs, including CyberPatriot, a global cyber education program; StellarXplorers, an emerging space-based education program; and a variety of awards, scholarships, and grant programs for Air Force active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members, their families, and science, technology, engineering and math educators at the elementary and secondary school level. Find out more at www.afa.org.
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http://www.afa.org
External link for Air & Space Forces Association
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Arlington, Virginia
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- Nonprofit
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1501 Langston Blvd
Arlington, Virginia 22209, US
Employees at Air & Space Forces Association
Updates
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Happy 5th Birthday, U.S. Space Force! ⭐ 🚀 Our Guardians live by the Space Force motto, “Sempra Supra,” always above, as they protect our nation from threats that go unseen by the average American. AFA has always been a vocal advocate for ensuring a modern, resilient, and second-to-none space capability embodied in the U.S. Space Force. With your help, AFA can continue fighting to ensure the Space Force has the funding, technology, and personnel it needs to defend our nation’s interests in space. Make your year-end gift today to help us in this mission! https://lnkd.in/eEsmcevh #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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📸 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀: Operation Christmas Drop Delivers 77,300 Pounds of Aid, Ends with Elephant Walk Seven C-130 airlifters from five countries lined up for an “elephant walk” on Guam and then flew alongside each other Dec. 14 to cap off Operation Christmas Drop. Every year, USAF and its allies drop thousands of pounds of food, clothes, medical supplies, fishing gear, and toys on remote Pacific island countries such as Micronesia and Palau, where locals often have trouble obtaining necessities. It is the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian airlift mission, and 2024 marked its 73rd year. MORE: https://lnkd.in/efXEbE-F #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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Small drones were spotted flying near and over Air Force bases in Utah, Ohio, and Germany this month, Air & Space Forces Magazine confirmed—in addition to the arrest of a Chinese citizen who allegedly used a drone to snap photos of a Space Force base—as a rash of incursions around military installations expands. MORE: https://lnkd.in/g84n9ctX #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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🎉 Happy Birthday US Space Force!! #SpaceForce #Guardian
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⏰The countdown to December 31 starts NOW! ⏰ We have until midnight on December 31 to reach a critical $50,000 funding goal. Your patriotic year-end contribution will bring us that much closer to the finish line! Don’t wait—support our Airmen and Guardians today: https://lnkd.in/eEsmcevh
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📺 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: Aerospace Nation—General Kevin B. Schneider, Commander, Pacific Air Forces talks about PLA behavior in the Pacific region. MORE: https://lnkd.in/ey7BvJSk #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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The Dayton Business Journal cited the chapter's expectational ability to build robust partnerships, provide significant financial support, and dedicate extensive volunteer time to various initiatives as a crucial link between Wright-Patterson AFB and the Dayton community. #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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The move should bring in between 600 and 1,000 more recruits per year, though they would have to stay out of career fields with stricter medical standards such as aviation and special warfare. MORE: https://lnkd.in/gMA-RnBS #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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REGISTER NOW👉 Aerospace Nation: Frank Kendall—Join us 𝗗𝗲𝗰. 𝟭𝟵 to hear from the Secretary as he reflects upon his accomplishments, while also exploring what challenges that will require continued attention. LINK: https://lnkd.in/epXnxXKK #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian