Air Force Association

Aims and Objectives

To provide facilities for those who have served in and retired from the Air Force to maintain contact and fraternal relationship between themselves.
To preserve the memory of and to honour those who have died while in the Air Force service or having served in the Air Force have died after their retirement.
To acquire, preserve and display articles of historical and educational value concerning the Air Force.
To carry out charitable, social, philanthropic, cultural, educational and other activities for the benefit and welfare of the retired fraternity and their families.
To assist the retirees/widows in finding suitable employment or otherwise to help them in their resettlement and rehabilitation. Also to provide assistance to them in matters concerning pension, grants, gratuities, allowances etc.
To inculcate amongst the retirees/widows the spirit of self-help and assist them in establishing small or medium size industries, poultry and dairy farms, workshops, vehicle servicing stations, transport services, commercial services or other gainful activities in consultation with Dte. of Resettlement, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India.
To establish and manage alone or in co-operation with others, hostels, hospitals, guest-houses, “SENIOR CITIZEN HOMES’ etc for the retired fraternity, widows, other Air Force personnel and their dependents.
To print and publish or cause to be printed and published books, periodicals, pamphlets, newspapers or any other publications and to undertake production of or assist in the productions of films, scripts, dramas, cultural shows etc, as may be considered necessary for the promotion of the objects of the Association.
To promote interest in defence studies and in particular in the field of national security, air power, military aviation, general aviation and allied subjects.
To create interest in the Air Force and promote interest in aviation amongst the public.
To create Trusts and or other similar institutions, to award scholarships, stipends, loans, financial assistance for promotion of studies and research.
To subscribe to or to become members of or otherwise cooperate with any other association/associations in India or abroad whose objects are similar to, or in part similar to the objects of the Association.
To create awareness amongst the public about the problems of ex-Air Force personnel and their families and to enlist cooperation from other institutions, organisations, establishments, departments and other bodies for their resettlement or otherwise to help them in solving their problems.
To place at the disposal of the Government, the services of the Association or any of its branches, to be utilized in the event of wars, calamities, natural or otherwise, whether locally or at the national level.
To hold periodical conferences, meetings, seminars, lectures, exhibitions, film shows on matters of interest to the Air Force or the Ex-IAF personnel and their families.
To organize talks, discussion, seminars (like PC Lal Memorial Lecture), with participation of non-AF professionals, intellectuals and general public on issues such as national security, air power, military aviation, general aviation and allied subjects.