Membership in AFAC - What We Do

What we do and how you can get involved

We proudly perpetuate the glorious traditions of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The Air Force Association of Canada provides support for thousands of Air Cadets across Canada and our Wings directly sponsor 46 Air Cadet squadrons.

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Air Cadet League of Canada in 1991, our Association raised $70,000 and created an Air Cadet Trust Fund which provides up to 25 annual flying awards, for deserving cadets across Canada seeking a career in military or civil aviation.

We are the advocacy group for Canada's Air Force; we promote Air Command activities nationally and locally and encourage our government to maintain a viable, well-equipped peacetime Air Force.

We are committed to the support of a strong national aerospace industry and to the maintenance of high standards in civil aviation. Our Aviation Affairs Committee provides a meeting forum for military and civilian aerospace organizations.

Wing members donate thousands of hours to community programs. One example: In cooperation with local school and police officials, several wings have conducted Ident-A-Kid campaigns to safeguard identity information on thousands of school children.

Wing members and members-at-large cooperatively contribute through the RCAF Association Trust to aviation-oriented national causes which include the RCAF Benevolent Fund, the RCAF Memorial Museum and the Air Force Heritage Foundation.

Wings have responded to specific "hometown" community needs and actively raise funds for hospital equipment, senior housing, health and fitness programs, the handicapped and various youth programs.

Directly, and through the Association's active membership in the National Council of Veterans Association, we deal with Veterans Affairs Canada on behalf of ground crew and aircrew veterans.

Our National Headquarters actively traces the whereabouts of Air Force veterans and puts them in contact with enquiring service chums, historians, archivists and reunion associations.

In the pages of our full-colour magazine Airforce, we publish news of Air Force activities, past and present. Airforce is Canada's leading aerospace journal.

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