AFSA is the Air Force enlisted organization dedicated to the people behind the stripes. We are all enlisted grades of Air Force Active Duty, ANG and AFRC, retired, veteran and family members. We are the men and women who have a long and rich heritage of being the force behind the high-tech machinery, of being well-educated decision makers, of being the people who make procurement recommendations and of being the people who work on systems and platforms and assisting in research and development. We are the people who have invested their lives in the cause of freedom in America.

Each year Congress makes hundreds of decisions on issues that directly affect the lives of enlisted people and their families. Important issues such as medical care, job security, pay, commissary privileges, education benefits and other benefits. There was a time when the voice of the enlisted Airman was nowhere to be heard ... until the Spring of l96l, when a handful of men came together to form the Air Force Sergeants Association. AFSA is an international organization dedicated to speaking out on behalf of the people behind the stripes and today, with nearly 130,000 members, AFSA has led the way on both Capitol Hill and in the Pentagon and has earned the recognition and respect of Washington's leaders for its sustained role as the "Voice of the Enlisted". The AFSA mission, at the headquarters level, is to advocate improved quality-of-life and economic fairness that will support the well-being of Air Force enlisted personnel and their families.