AIRMEN & GUARDIAN STORIES

Helping Airmen and Guardians is the singular philosophy driving everything at Air Force Aid Society. More than 17,000 assists in 2022, over $12.5 million in direct help through emergency financial assistance, education support, and community programs.

Get to know the real Airmen and Guardians behind those numbers and learn more about how AFAS is helping Airmen and Guardians every day.

Adventure Chairs for Adventurous Kids

Adventure Chairs for Adventurous Kids

An Airman can go on new adventures with his children thanks to AFAS.
Over the course of his 19 years of service, Master Sergeant Jared Graham has met so many people and made lifetime friends. When he..

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A Final Visit

A Final Visit

AFAS allows an Airman’s kids to visit their grandfather one last time Staff Sergeant Sean Patrick Laviscount joined the Air Force in 2013. He was supporting himself and his siblings while going to school and working a minimum wage job. Feeling small, he wanted to be a...

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