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Angel Flight Soars

Military Personnel and Family Assistance Missions

What you get

Free volunteer-pilot flights when military help cannot meet your travel needs. Longer trips may use commercial airlines. Open now.

Who starts it
You, with a letter from your doctor
How it’s sent
Online, on their website
Your time
An hour or so, plus waiting for the letter
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Keep a backup travel plan; a flight or commercial seat is not promised.
  • You arrange your own travel to and from the airports.
  • Military and commercial-seat availability are not guaranteed.

  1. Ask your doctor for the letterStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    Angel Flight Soars needs a letter from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [doctor’s name],

We’d like to apply to Angel Flight Soars’s Military Personnel and Family Assistance Missions. Free volunteer-pilot flights when military help cannot meet our travel needs. They are taking applications now.

They need a letter from you confirming [child’s name]’s diagnosis and our situation. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.angelflightsoars.org/patients

Could you write that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

  2. Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.

    Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Acceptance criteria and passenger agreements
    Is the necessary medical care/ secondary opinion/ specialist available locallyTravel by car is too difficult / time consumingAlternative travel costs are too expensivePublic transportation is not safe with medical conditionPatient is able to walk & climb stairs (unless the patient is a child under 6 years old and can be carried)Patient is able to ride in a small plane with NO bathroomPatient is responsible for ground transportation to and from airportsPatient acknowledges that weather can cause the mission to be canceled and will have other transportation available or be able to reschedule flightPatient allows ANGEL FLIGHT SOARS to share patient information with sister organizations as needed to coordinate missionPatients grant the use of their picture/video in any Angel Flight Soars promotional material or social media posts
    Patient and trip information
    Patient First Name and Patient Last NameAddress, City, State, Zip Code, and CountyPhone #Email AddressDate of BirthWhat is your annual combined household incomeNumber In HouseholdWhile Insurance is not required for our services, do you have coverageMedical ConditionReason for VisitCheck here if the patient has had a transplant or is going to have a transplantIf the patient is on the transplant list, how long do they have to get to their transplantDoes the patient use any of the followingOrigination State and Origination CityDestination State and Destination CityAppointment DateAppointment Time and Length of AppointmentGround Transportation and Lodging WHILE AT TREATMENTAre you or any of your immediate family active military or veterans, if so, who
    Passenger and physician information
    Passenger information: name, address, phone, email, gender, race, exact weight, height, date of birth, military/veteran status, and relationship to patientPhysician you have seen recentlyAuthorizing Facility, phone, fax, address, and physician emailPhysician at Destination, Destination Facility, phone, fax, address, city, state, zip, and email

  3. Submit it on their websiteSend the letter with your application, or the way they ask.

    • Open Request A Mission and choose the first-time form unless the patient has previously flown; repeat patients use the repeat form.
    • Submit online after preparing the published answers and arranging physician authorization.

After you send

Mission staff will call about the request and baggage allowance. Report other travel plans or appointment changes immediately. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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