STRATEGIC PARTNERS

AHFA partners with multiple organizations who share similar missions to empower and engage youth in aviation. A complete list of our partners include:

AHFA

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Be at least 16 years old by 1 June of the flight training year.
  • Be enrolled in high school* or homeschool during the flight training year.
  • Be a US citizen **
  • Have no more than 5 powered flight hours 
  • 3.0 current Grade Point Average either with an unofficial GPA Transcript or a registrar/counselor verifiable memorandum.

Notes: 

  • No flight or aviation experience necessary (we teach you to fly!)  
  • No commitment or obligation to the Air Force  
  • *USAFA & AFROTC Cadets may apply through their institutions
  • **Non-US Citizens regardless of residency status are ineligible to apply

 

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Museum Audio Tour 12: Air Power Gallery: Taking the Offensive - Pacific
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Video by NMUSAF PA
Sept. 2, 2015 | 1:49
Although Hitler and Nazi Germany were defeated in May of 1945, the war in the Pacific would continue for another three months. It was clear that Japan was losing, but they would fight to the death to protect their homeland. In this gallery, you’ll notice some planes that were used in the Pacific Theater, including the P-47D -- one of the most famous planes in World War Two, and the A-20G Havoc — a plane that lived up to its name by creating havoc and destruction on low-level strafing attacks, especially against Japanese shipping and airfields across the Southwest Pacific. But probably one of the most notable aircraft of the war was a B-29 Superfortress called Bockscar. While the Army, Navy and Marines were planning an invasion of the Japanese homeland – a task that would likely cost hundreds of thousands American lives – the Army Air Forces were planning to deliver a new secret weapon. On August 9, 1945 the Bockscar dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki, three days after the first atomic attack on Hiroshima. Soon thereafter, on September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur received the surrender document aboard the battleship USS Missouri. World War Two was officially over, … however, the “Atomic Age” had just begun. If you’re interested in hearing first-hand what it was like to be involved with flying a plane that carried an atomic bomb, visit the Carney Auditorium portion of the pod map and listen to Brigadier General Paul Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the Enola Gay, as he presents “Air Power in World War Two.” More

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AHFA Locations & Training Partners

  • California Aeronautical University, CA 
  • California Baptist University, CA 
  • Marion Military Institute, AL 
  • Oklahoma State University, OK  
  • South Dakota State University, SD 
  • Troy University, AL
  • Schreiner University, TX
  • University of Texas San Antonio, TX
  • Tennesse State University, TN

*To learn how to become one of our training locations please email: 

 Afrs.ahfa.studentapplications@us.af.mil 

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS RECEIVE* 

  • Up to 12-15 flight hours 
  • Housing and meals during training 
  • Transportation to/from training location 
  • Classroom training (ground school) 
  • Flight simulator training 
  • All training is provided by FAA Certified Flight Instructors 
  • Access to university recreation facilities 
  • Mentorship from Air Force aviators  

*All items funded by USAF except:

  • FAA Class III Med Certificate
  • Luggage during travel
  • Personal driving to/from university assigned session

Contact us

 

 

                                                              Please direct program questions to: Afrs.ahfa.studentapplications@us.af.mil