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

 

Videos from DVIDShub.net

Illinois National Guard helps slow spread of COVD-19 in Chicagoland's vulnerable homeless population (b-roll)
182nd Airlift Wing
Video by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer
May 6, 2020 | 2:24
Units Featured: 634th Brigade Support Battalion (Sullivan, Ill.); 182nd Airlift Wing (Peoria, Ill.)

Date: April 23, 2020

Location: COVID-19 alternate care facility in Schaumburg, Ill.

Description: Force support and logistics Airmen with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing under state active duty provide isolated shelter services to the Chicago suburb’s homeless population in a alternate care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Also on-site was an Illinois Army National Guard Unit Ministry Team, whose mission is to providing morale, spiritual and religious support to Soldiers and Airmen Illinois National Guard teams activated for the COVID-19 response.

00:00:00 - U.S. Air Force Airman Amari Burton, a personnel specialist with the 182nd Force Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, delivers food to residents in the alternate housing facility.

00:00:15 - U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Neice, left, a religious affairs specialist, and Chaplain (Capt.) Jeffery Nelson, second from left, a battalion chaplain, both with the 634th Brigade Support Battalion, Illinois Army National Guard, visit with 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen providing COVID-19 alternate care facility services.

00:01:42 - Airmen with the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, prepare meals for distribution to residents in the COVID-19 alternate care facility.

00:01:57 - U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David McMullin, the air transportation chief enlisted manager with the 182nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, reconditions his team’s work station during meal deliveries.

00:02:16 - Cutaway shots of work center signs.

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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