Preserving History and Heritage

Each year AAFM contributes to the preservation of the missileer heritage and contributes to the missileer community through our grants and awards.

Missile Heritage Grant Program

AAFM provides approximately $10,000 each year to museums for missile displays. To date we have funded more than $300,000 in projects at more than 30 museums. We honor members who have passed away in the year before the grants are awarded by providing the grants in their memory.

Members - If you are aware of a museum with missile displays that is not on our mailing list for grant applications, let us know and we will add the museum.

Museums - We mail applications in October of each year. We recommend that you request grants in the $1,000 - $3,000 range, to allow us to fund several grants per year.  Specific instructions are included in the applications we mail to you each year. See the link below for a list of Grants AAFM has provided and members honored.

2022 Missile Heritage Grants

A committee of three board members, Bob Parker, Tony Bales and Mike Kenderes, reviewed five applications for 2022 grants. We funded 4 of the 5 grants for a total of $11,200.

The 2022 projects we funded were:

AF Space and Missile Museum $2,000 to improve Jupiter display;

National Museum of Nuclear Science and History $2,200 for the restoration and preservation of their SM-62 Snark exhibit;

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site $4,000 for improved interpretation panels and to develop youth oriented interactive display panels;

Hill Aerospace Museum $3,000 to assist in phase 2 showing Utah and their ICBM history.

When you visit one of these museums, ensure you stop by and tell the leadership that you are an AAFM member and a supporter of our grant program.