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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Video of Crew Compartment Trainer Being Loaded Onto Super Guppy Shot with Sony EX-1
88th Air Base Wing
Video by Matthew C Clouse
Jan. 21, 2015 | 7:39
Since the space shuttle's retirement in 2011, NASA has been finding new homes for its three crew compartment trainers. The trainers or CCT's were built to prepare astronauts for space flight, and now one of them is heading to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. But how do you get a space shuttle trainer, nearly 25 feet high and 20 feet long, from Houston, Texas to Dayton, Ohio? By truck? By Train? Nope, by Super Guppy. Only five Super Guppy's were built and NASA's is the only one still operational. Its hinged nose can open than 200 degrees and the cargo compartment is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long. The perfect size to transport a crew compartment trainer from Houston to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. More

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NASA "Super Guppy" Loading Orion Spacecraft (B-Roll)
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NASA Super Guppy
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Tyndall Feeds The Guppy
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Airmen Load the Guppy
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Super Guppy Lands at National Museum of the United States Air Force
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Timelapse of Crew Compartment Trainer being Loaded onto Super Guppy
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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