Air Force Families Forever (AFFF) is a long-term survivor program established to provide support to family members of deceased Regular Air Force, U.S. Space Force, 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.

The following support is provided to eligible Next-of-Kin (NOK)* through the Military & Family Readiness Center:

Information and Referral

• Engagement through targeted contact and incremental outreach

• Referral to eligible federal, state, and local resources to include partnering non-governmental organizations
   

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 AF culture

*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.