The Air Force Association (AFA) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, civilian education organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Its main role is promoting public understanding of aerospace power.
AFA disseminates information through AIR FORCE Magazine, Daily Report, General Billy Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, social networking, public outreach, and national conferences and symposia.
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Famous quotes containing the words air, force and/or association:
“Hamlet. The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold.
Horatio. It is a nipping and an eager air.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Rich are the sea-gods:Mwho gives gifts but they?
They grope the sea for pearls, but more than pearls:
They pluck Force thence, and give it to the wise.
Every wave is wealth to Daedalus,
Wealth to the cunning artist who can work
This matchless strength. Where shall he find, O waves!
A load your Atlas shoulders cannot lift?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)