Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Foundation

About Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Foundation

"Maintaining the proud legacy of Navy Tailhook Aviation by keeping it alive and sustainable." The Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Foundation (NTLFF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 2015 with the goal of restoring Navy Tailhook Legacy Flights to the air show circuit. Tailhook Legacy Flights have not been flown since 2012, the year prior to sequestration. The resources are not available to allow the Navy to contribute to supporting these flights. NTLFF is a civilian funding source for the U.S. Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Demonstration. The goal of the Foundation is to provide funding,resources and leadership to facilitate vintage naval tailhook aircraft and their crews flying formation demonstration flights with current active duty naval tailhook aircraft. Donations made to the Foundation will finance warbird aircraft flights to and from events and will also enable the warbird crews to train alongside the active duty aviators with whom they will be flying these demonstrations. Recent budget constraints have impacted the Navy's ability to support training. The distances traveled by the warbirds to air shows have an associated maintenance and fuel/oil cost that is not covered by the air show/DoD. The instability of the DoD budget process has kept the Tailhook Legacy Flight program grounded since 2012. The Foundation will be the backbone of the civilian side of the program to ensure Navy Tailhook Legacy Flights can continue with or without DoD augments.