This event resulted in a gradual disconnect between the RCAF Association and Canada's air element, redressed to some degree with the formation of Air Command in 1975. Air Command then became the focal point for all regular and reserve Air Force activity. In 1992 it challenged the RCAF Association to re- position itself as both an advocacy group and a focal point for Air Force veteran activity. Following nearly 30 years after the demise of the RCAF, a name change for the Association was proposed by Air Command to reflect that reality. A change of name was an emotional issue, and the proposal was exhaustively debated within the Association for more than a year before it came to a vote at the annual convention in Winnipeg in October, 1993.
Wings actively sponsor and support air cadets and other community activities.
Nationally, the Association is a strong advocate of a professional and well-equipped Air Force for Canada, and is an active advocacy of veterans rights through membership in the National Council of Veteran Associations. The Association shall be democratic, non-sectarian and shall not be affiliated or connected directly or indirectly with any political party or organization. The Association shall stand for loyalty to the reigning sovereign and the principles of democratic and ordered government, for a national and united spirit, and for strong and united comradeship among all who have served in military or civil aviation. To provide a forum for serving and former participants in military and civil aviation. To sponsor and encourage aeronautics in all its forms and branches.