• Undertaking research into airfields, their supporting facilities and infra-structure, and related military sites.
• Disseminating this information to both its members and the wider public through its quarterly periodical Airfield Review.
• Preserving the history of these airfields, through both physical and digital media, in its archive facility at Alconbury.
• Facilitating the research activities of members through free access to the archive material.
• Providing consultancy services to third parties such as professional bodies, historical societies and educational establishments, in order to further their own research activities.
• Advising on the architectural and historical merit of airfield structures as part of their protection, preservation, repair, restoration or alternative use.
• Educating the public, especially younger people, in the history of these airfields and their buildings, through contact with schools, universities and colleges.