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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Combat Weather Mission-Set
93rd Air Ground Operations Wing
Video by Senior Airman Courtney Sebastianelli
Feb. 13, 2024 | 2:07
This video details the full spectrum of the U.S. Air Force's Combat Weather career field.

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Combat Weather Airmen reduce the fog of war through operationalizing weather forecasting and analysis.

Understanding the full spectrum of weather impacts goes beyond the physical limitations of the environment, it affects how friendly and adversarial forces conduct operations on the battlefield.

Effective weather analysis contributes to military decision-making processes and provides critical information for intelligence elements to estimate red-force courses of action and when to consolidate blue-force combat power to achieve battlefield success.

Staff Weather Officers, known as SWOs, utilize an array of environmental sensing equipment to increase battlefield situational awareness. Weather tools enable SWOs to develop forecasts and analyze weather data.

This empowers them to support accurate artillery fire, protect assets from weather impacts, enhance chemical threat response, and enable the employment of aircraft, small unmanned aerial systems, and tactical military vehicles.

Providing this weather data from the forward edge of the battlespace places SWOs directly in harm’s way. This reality drives Combat Weather Airmen to train to ensure they are as effective on the battlefield as they are at their weather specialties.

They will become proficient in the application of combat arms, airborne and air assault specialties, and sharpen the tactical skills every warfighter needs to protect themselves and their brothers and sisters on the battlefield.

Combat Weather Airmen constantly look to expand the battlefield applications of weather through innovations in how we perceive our operating environments and where we can best utilize accurate, real-time weather data from the front lines.

This outlook will contribute to expanded weather options for air and ground forces. Battlefield commanders utilize these weather inputs to exploit environmental conditions and increase success in high-threat contingency environments.

Combat weather provides a greater understanding of the factors impacting the front lines of military conflicts. 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