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

Glory Trip 220: An Aircrew's Perspective
3d Audiovisual Squadron
Video by Senior Airman Daniel Fernandez
May 4, 2017 | 1:10
U.S. Air Force Col. Lloyd Buzzell, 20th Air Force vice commander and U.S. Air Force Capt. Greg Carter, deputy missile combat crew commander-airborne assigned to the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron (STOS) at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., discuss the importance of the airborne control launch system and its launch of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) aboard a U.S. Navy E-6 Mercury Aircraft belonging to the Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VQ-3) at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., off the shores of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California during Glory Trip 220, Apr. 26, 2017. Glory Trip is an operational test launch which continues a long history of Western Range launches used to verify, validate and improve the capability of the nation’s ICBM force. (U.S. Air Force video by SrA Daniel Fernandez) More


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