Air Force Association and Air Force Museum Foundation offer reciprocal memberships Published Feb. 11, 2014 By Matt Lynch Air Force Museum Foundation DAYTON, Ohio -- The Air Force Museum Foundation (AFMF) and the Air Force Association (AFA) announced today that they will be offering reciprocal memberships. Current members of one organization can now join the other organization at a discounted rate. Both AFMF and AFA extensively promote and support aerospace power, aviation history, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), and have partnered to benefit their members and others interested in the U.S. Air Force, its heritage, and STEM initiatives. Each organization has made significant efforts to engage the public in honoring Airmen and Air Force heritage. For more than 50 years, AFMF has offered its Friends membership as a way to support the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in telling the Air Force story. AFA has been the reporting authority on U.S. Air Force activities as well as the primary advocate for a strong national defense. Together, this partnership will offer members a more holistic view of the U.S. Air Force -- including the past, present, and future of aerospace power. "The partnership between the Air Force Museum Foundation and the Air Force Association is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in the United States Air Force," said Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Richard V. Reynolds, Chairman of the Air Force Museum Foundation's Board of Managers. "Connecting people to their U.S. Air Force and telling the Air Force story is vitally important to us. This new relationship will grant our members access to another layer of that story." For more information on discounted rates for membership, visit the website at www.afmuseum.com/afa or call the membership office at (937) 656-9615. About the Air Force Museum Foundation The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. was established in 1960 as a philanthropic, non-profit organization to assist the Air Force in the development and expansion of the facilities of the National Museum of the United States Air Force and to undertake and advance programs and activities supporting the Museum. For more information on the Air Force Museum Foundation, visit www.airforcemuseum.com. About the Air Force Association The Air Force Association is a non-profit, independent, professional military and aerospace education association. Our mission is to promote a dominant United States Air Force and a strong national defense, and to honor Airmen and our Air Force Heritage. To accomplish this, we: EDUCATE the public on the critical need for unmatched aerospace power and a technically superior workforce to ensure U.S. national security. ADVOCATE for aerospace power and STEM education. SUPPORT the Total Air Force family and promote aerospace education. AFA has 200 chapters nationally and internationally representing more than 100,000 members. Visit AFA at www.afa.org. About the National Museum of the United States Air Force The National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, is the service's national institution for preserving and presenting the Air Force story. It is free to the public and features more than 360 aerospace vehicles and missiles and thousands of artifacts amid more than 17 acres of indoor exhibit space. Each year, nearly one million visitors come to the Museum to learn about the mission, history, and evolving capabilities of America's Air Force. For more information on the Museum, visit www.nationalmuseum.af.mil.