AIR FORCE FAMILIES FOREVER

⭐ Remembering

⭐ Honoring 

⭐ Connecting

Program overview

Air Force Families Forever (AFFF) facilitates long-term case management procedures and provides support for surviving family members of deceased Regular Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Guard and Reserve Component Airmen who died in an Active Duty, Inactive Duty for Training (IDT), or Annual Training (AT) status and whose relationship was established prior to the Airman or Guardian’s death. Support is provided to eligible Next-of-Kin (NOK) through Military & Family Readiness Centers (M&FRCs) at installations closest to where the survivor resides.

Next of Kin (NOK): widow or widower (remarried or not), each parent (mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother through adoption, father through adoption, foster parents who stood in loco parentis), each child (natural, step-children, adopted), and each sibling (brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, step-sibling) of an Airman or Guardian.

Each active-duty installation’s M&FRC is the point-of-contact for NOK to receive long term support, including:

INFORMATION AND REFERRAL

  • Engagement through targeted contact and incremental outreach.
  • Referral to eligible federal, state, and local resources to include partnering non-governmental organization

REMEMBRANCE AND CONNECTION

  • Connection to installation and community support networks.
  • Recognition/memorialization of deceased Airmen/Guardians.
  • Coordination with installation leadership to include family members in the Department of the Air Force culture.

INSTALLATION ACCESS (FIND YOUR NEAREST INSTALLATION)

  • Sponsorship for NOK through the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) process.
  • Introduction to installation approved Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) activities.
  • Commanders are encouraged to include surviving Air and Space Force family members in installation activities such as: air shows, spouse luncheons, VIP visits and holiday activities.

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DAF SURVIVOR ADVOCACY COUNCIL

DAF Survivor Advocacy Council serves as a forum for the Air and Space Force to champion survivor programs, recap key initiatives and next steps, and validate the ongoing role of survivors in the larger Air and Space Force family. 

The DAF Survivor Advocacy Council consists of senior Air and Space Force leaders and survivor advocates who represent our survivor population.

To be eligible for consideration, survivor advocates must be the NOK of an Airman in the Regular Air Force, Guardian in the Space Force, or a Reserve Component Airman/Guardian who died in an active duty status, Inactive Duty for Training (IDT) or Annual Training (AT) status. 

For more information go to: DAF Survivor Advocacy Council

DAF GOLD STAR and SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBER LIAISON

The DAF Gold Star and  Surviving Family Member Liaison is the Department of the Air Force's advocate for surviving family members, created by Section 633 of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 113-66). This representative is available to provide support and address complaints by spouses and other dependents of deceased Airmen and Guardians regarding casualty assistance or receipt of benefits authorized by law.   

Contact the DAF Liaison
Phone:  703-693-0683, DSN:  223-0683
Email:  AF.A1SA.Division@us.af.mil

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