News From Our Partners: USAF Memo - Leadership’s Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign Kickoff Memo

To the Retirees of the Department of the Air Force:
As retirees of the World's Greatest Air Force and Space Force, you have left an extraordinary and honorable legacy of a Commitment to Caring, the continuing theme of the Air Force Assistance Fund for many years. As we launch our campaign's 52nd anniversary in February 2025, we again reach out to you, our retired Air Force and Space Force family. For over five decades, your Air Force Assistance Fund charities have been able to support Airmen, Guardians, and their families because of your generosity. Our official Department of the Air Force charities-the Air Force Villages Charitable Foundation, Air Force Aid Society, Air Force Enlisted Village, and the General and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation—remain committed to helping us take care of our own.

Your donation can fund emergency travel for a fellow Airman, assist in covering rising pet healthcare costs for a Guardian, or go towards helping a widow or widower to stay in their own home longer or move to the Air Force Enlisted Village or Blue Skies of Texas (formerly Air Force Villages). Please remember, also, that your Department of the Air Force Official Charities will also be here for you should you ever need them. That is why we make this effort while we are able-to pay it forward. In our times of reflection, and introspection, we know this. It's what we do. We take care of each other. We're a mighty force. A team. A family. These truths we embody in the Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign- the only department-wide campaign that is For Airmen & Guardians, By Airmen & Guardians.

If you wish to contribute, you can send a check, sign up for payroll deduction plan allotments, or donate via credit/debit card ore-check through our e-Giving Portal. For details on each choice, visit https://www.afassistancefund.org/index.php/donate.
Taking Care of Our Own - help us continue the tradition in 2025
 
//Signed//                                                                                  //Signed//
DAVID W. ALLVIN                                                                 B. CHANCE SALTZMAN
General, USAF                                                                     General, USSF
Chief of Staff of the Air Force                                               Chief of Space Operations
 
//Signed//                                                                                  //Signed//
DAVID A. FLOSI                                                                 JOHN F. BENTIVEGNA
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force                             Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force


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