Mission of the River Rats

The mission of the RRVFPA is based on our statement of Principles and Objectives. We endeavor to provide a dynamic association of like-minded aerial combat veterans who avow patriotism and the defense of the Constitution of the United States of America as its guiding principles.

Additionally, the priorities of the RRVFPA are as follows:

  1. To provide aid and comfort to the families of military POWs;
  2. To provide aid and comfort to the surviving spouse and children of those KIA/MIA Patriots who do not return home;
  3. To provide a forum for active and former military aircrew members to exchange concepts related to aerial warfare and technological progress in order to increase the survivability of combat flight and mission success;
  4. To provide a voice to communicate the outcome of the above exchanges to the proper governmental, flight safety, and defense contractor authorities;
  5. To enhance the growth of the Scholarship Fund via the provision of prudent public access to information relative to the RRVFPA Mission;
  6. To ensure that the Board of the RRVFPA continues to remain open-minded and adaptive to future growth opportunities and challenges;
  7. To encourage continuation of the superb inter-service fellowship born during the Vietnam conflict.

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