RAF Association Membership
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By joining the RAF Association you help a range of amazing people.
The RAF Association is for everyone. It’s for a young child missing their parent on overseas operations. It’s for a WWII veteran needing a shoulder to lean on. It’s for more telephone time when you’re deployed overseas. It’s for injured RAF personnel fighting to get back on their feet. It’s for Armed Forces Compensation Scheme advice. It’s for your family. For your friends. For you.
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Your support is vital - and truly appreciated
Reasons to join us
By joining the RAF Association you are joining a community of people with a passion for the Royal Air Force and who wish to support our charitable work. Becoming a member means you are helping us to provide care and support for serving and ex-RAF and their families.
RAF Comrade Contact
Membership entitles you to exclusive access to our members-only website, RAF Comrade Contact which was set up to enable serving and ex RAF personnel and their families to find, contact and communicate with one another. RAF Comrade Contact features a forum, online gallery, news and events. Take a quick look here.
Membership Benefits and Offers
As a member of the RAF Association we offer you a select range of Benefits and Offers from a variety of partner companies that we have chosen for you. By using the offers and discounts not only will you get a great deal on various products and services but you can help to support the whole RAF Family as many of the partners offer the organisation a charitable donation as well as discounts to our members. Find out more about the offers here.
Air Mail
Our quarterly magazine keeps you up to date with news and information about the organisation
Discount on RAF News
RAF Association members can get a discount on their annual subscription to RAF News. Members pay only £14.50 per year (UK).
Monthly e-newsletter
Our monthly email newsletter, RAFAlog is full of information from the RAF Association. Give us your email address and you will be automatically subscribed to receive regular updates on our work and opportunities.
Retired Service card
As one of our members you will be entitled to apply for a Retired Service Card which in turn can enable you to receive further discounts as it can be used as a form of identity in many places.
Join us now and your membership will be valid until 31st December 2012.
The Association offers two types of Membership:
Ordinary Membership - For those serving or who have served in the RAF.
Associate Membership - For family and friends who wish to support the Association.
Annual membership Fees:
Ordinary Members | Associate Members | Retired Service Card | ||
Airmail | No Airmail | |||
| 2011 | £18.00 | £12.50 | £7.50 | £11.00 |
We strongly urge you to sign a Direct Debit Mandate for your Membership renewal. It will save you work and significantly reduce administration costs for the RAF Association. Please tick the box on the Membership Application Form or contact us for more details.
If you are a UK tax payer please complete the Gift Aid declaration which enables the Association to claim a further 28% from the government. If every member did this the RAF Association would earn an extra £120,000 each year at no cost to our members.
* We are only able to accept Ordinary Membership applications via our online service due to the need for Associate Members to be proposed and seconded by an ordinary or life Member of the RAF Association. Please contact us if you have any queries about this.
Retired Service Card:
The RAF Retired Service Card (RSC) is a photo ID card which is available to our members as a form of identity and confirmation that they served in the Royal Air Force.
It is particularly useful in the USA where Veterans are revered. Substantial discounts on products and services may be obtained on production of the RSC. In the UK discounts are available through the Defence Discount Directory
Apply for a Retired Service Card by completing the relevant section on the Membership Application Form. For for existing members please download and complete the form below.
Retired Service Card Application Form - for existing members only.
(You are able to edit this on the screen, print, sign and then send back by post).
You will need to make a one off payment of £11.00. New RSCs are only available to One Year Ordinary members who nominate to renew their membership by Direct Debit or to Four Year Ordinary members.
Downloads
RAF Association Membership Application Form
Retired Service Card Application Form (for existing members only)
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+44 (0)116 266 5224.
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Welcome to the RAF Association
The First Annual Report of the Armed Forces Covenant
The First Annual Report on the Armed Forces Covenant has been published. Signed off by the Secretary of State for Defence, the RAF Families Federation is hoping to stimulate Parliamentary debate as to the progress of the Covenant and its impact on improving the lives of serving personnel and their f... Read more »
RAF wine a treat for RAF mess
A highly acclaimed RAF wine has gone down a storm at RAF Cranwell, raising hundreds of pounds for the RAF Association in the process. Read more »
2011 Everest Base Camp – Yeti Trek
RAFALO Dave Craven left RAF Cottesmore last year, bound for the Himalayas in search of the fabled yeti, or to be more accurate, to trek to Everest Base Camp raising almost £3000 for the RAF Association. Read more »
Wellington Bomber Bike Ride, Waterbeach to Landsmeer
A group of airmen from RAF Brize Norton will take on a huge commemorative feat for the RAF Association's Wings Appeal when they cycle 400 miles in four days. Read more »
15% off shared rooms at our Homes from Home
We are offering 15% off the cost of a stay for each person when sharing a room at Flowerdown House, Rothbury House or Richard Peck House. Read more »
Trek the Great Wall of China 14-23 September 2012
Discover a country immersed in history, mythology and ancient traditions and trek the Great Wall of China while raising valuable funds for the RAF Association's Wings Appeal Read more »
Cycle London to Paris 22-25 June 2012
Encounter historic towns, sleepy villages and rolling countryside en-route from London to Paris Read more »
Nightrider - 9th to 10th June 2012
Cycle London at night and raise funds for the RAF Association's Wings Appeal Read more »
Great East Swim 16th June 2012
The Perfect Challenge for swimmers of all abilities, take part in the Great East Swim for the RAF Association's Wings Appeal Read more »
Great Manchester Run - 20th May 2012
Take part in the nation's favourite 10k running event for the RAF Association's Wings Appeal Read more »
Take on a skydive for the Wings Appeal
Challenge yourself and take on a skydive for the RAF Association's Wings Appeal. Read more »
New Years Honours 2012
A group of hardworking and dedicated individuals have been nominated to receive the RAF Association’s highest honour. Read more »
A helping hand for those who need it
For many elderly veterans living alone, loneliness and isolation is their reward for the sacrifices they made for their country. The RAF Association has a UK-wide network of over 550 voluntary welfare officers who actively seek out ex-RAF personnel and their families in need of support Read more »
Jon-Allan nominated for British Cycling award
Following his huge successes over the past year, former SAC Jon-Allan Butterworth has been nominated for British Cycling’s Ride of the Year 2011. Read more »
Christmas calling from the frontline
The RAF Association will send another 3,000 Miles More Minutes telephone cards out to Afghanistan this Christmas to support serving personnel. Read more »
Trekking the Trail
After months of planning, training and fundraising a trio of trekkers from RAF Lyneham and RAF Marham completed the Great Wall of China trail to raise money for the RAF Association’s Wings Appeal Read more »
In memory of Flt Lt Sean Cunningham - Red 5
We would like to express our great sadness at the tragic death of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham – Red 5 of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. Read more »
On track to the Paralympics
After losing his left arm in a rocket attack in Basra, former SAC Jon-Allan Butterworth took up cycling as a professional career upon leaving the RAF. His goal now is to compete at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Read more »
Former airman takes to the skies for the Wings Appeal
When former SAC Christopher Hawes, 37, was medically discharged from the RAF he didn’t know where to turn for the support he needed. The RAF Association provided Christopher with the advice and support that he was so desperately looking for when he needed it the most. Read more »
Rewards from the RAFATHON
RAF Association President Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller KBE was welcomed to RAF Waddington to meet the team behind the station’s leg of the 2011 RAFAthon. Read more »
Calling all runners! Edinburgh Marathon Festival 26/27 May 2012
The Edinburgh Marathon Festival is one of the UK's major running events so join the RAF Wings Appeal team to make sure you're involved Read more »
Taking the plunge
71 years after he first joined the RAF, 92-year old WWII veteran John Hitchmough is once again returning to the skies, to take part in his first ever skydive in aid of the RAF Association. Read more »
200 Days 3,500 Miles An Anthology of Poems
This book of poems written by the families and members of 27 Squadron RAF Regiment is dedicated to all the men and women who have served with the Royal Air Force Regiment and their families. Read more »
Show the world you care online
Add our new Twibbons to your Facebook and Twitter profiles and help us spread the word! Read more »
The RAF Association Wings Appeal - Miles More Minutes Campaign
The RAF Association's Wings Appeal - Miles More Minutes Campaign Read more »
