Military Aviator Coalition for Health
THE MISSION CONTINUES . . .
OUR MISSION
MACH is a 501(c)3 nonprofit coalition of veteran aircrew nonprofits, NGOs, legislative champions, and individual stakeholders marshaling the full spectrum of U.S. military flying experience to protect the health of every past and present crew member. Based on the Red Flag model of shared planning and decisive execution, we fuse data, tactics, and advocacy to drive systemic change. By turning cockpit-tested ingenuity into research-backed policy, MACH’s mission is to unlock definitive research, shape legislation, and deliver programs that protect and improve the health of every U.S. military aviator and crew member.
OUR PRIORITIES
POLICY
Our flagship objective for the 119th Congress is passage of the bipartisan Aviator Cancer Examination Study (ACES) Act commissioning an independent National Academies study and paving the way for stronger screening and treatment protocols for every military aircrew member.
PARTNERS
Our partners give MACH both credibility and capacity: credibility through subject-matter authority and real-world stories, and capacity through a nationwide grassroots network that keeps pressure on Congress until aircrew health reforms are law.
RESEARCH
MACH advocates for rigorous, independent research to uncover the full scope of cancer risks among military aviators. We support expanding access to DoD and VA health data, and funding longitudinal studies on occupational exposures to mitigate future risk.
HAPPENING NOW
A database can tell researchers where you were assigned. It may tell them your aircraft. It may capture a diagnosis years later.
It may not tell them what you smelled during engine start, how often fumes entered the cockpit, which systems were operating, how many hours you spent in a specific flight regime, what protective equipment was used, or what was never measured at all.
That is why public engagement matters. Lived operational experience is not a substitute for scientific data — but it can help researchers ask better questions about the data that do exist and the measurements that should come next.
CONFIRMED PUBLIC SESSION: Tuesday, December 8, 2026 • 9:00 AM–2:00 PM Pacific • USS Midway Museum, San Diego
MACH Coalition: milaviator.org
NASEM ACES Project: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04
NASEM Meeting 4 (Dec 7–9) RSVP: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04/event/47530
Wright-Patterson Public Session Recording: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04/event/47225?status=attended&session=4536759&even...
#ACESStudy #AviatorCancer #MACHCoalition
At Wright-Patterson AFB, the ACES committee heard from Air Force and Navy researchers across aerospace medicine, occupational health, epidemiology, exposure science and human performance.
One message cut across the briefings: the pieces of the evidence exist in many places, but no single system tells the full story. Personnel records, aviation histories, workplace monitoring, medical records, cancer registries and mortality data all answer different parts of the question.
The fix is not to blame one database for being incomplete. The fix is to connect the right data, identify what was never collected, and design the next generation of studies around those gaps.
CONFIRMED PUBLIC SESSION: Tuesday, December 8, 2026 • 9:00 AM–2:00 PM Pacific • USS Midway Museum, San Diego
MACH Coalition: milaviator.org
NASEM ACES Project: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04
NASEM Meeting 4 (Dec 7–9) RSVP: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04/event/47530
Wright-Patterson Public Session Recording: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04/event/47225?status=attended&session=4536759&even...
#machcoalition
#ACESStudy #AviatorCancer #MACHCoalition
A database can tell researchers where you were assigned. It may tell them your aircraft. It may capture a diagnosis years later.
It may not tell them what you smelled during engine start, how often fumes entered the cockpit, which systems were operating, how many hours you spent in a specific flight regime, what protective equipment was used, or what was never measured at all.
That is why public engagement matters. Lived operational experience is not a substitute for scientific data — but it can help researchers ask better questions about the data that do exist and the measurements that should come next.
CONFIRMED PUBLIC SESSION: Tuesday, December 8, 2026 • 9:00 AM–2:00 PM Pacific • USS Midway Museum, San Diego
MACH Coalition: milaviator.org
NASEM ACES Project: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04
NASEM Meeting 4 (Dec 7–9) RSVP: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04/event/47530
Wright-Patterson Public Session Recording: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-BPH-25-04/event/47225?status=attended&session=4536759&even...
#ACESStudy #AviatorCancer #MACHCoalition
IN THE NEWS
- Military Aviator Cancers: The Hinge Point | JAN 2026
- Report Will Target Cancer Rates in Aircrews, But Toxic-Exposure Work Is Far From Finished | SEP 2026
- Aviator cancer study law is a win, but there's still more to do for toxic-exposed veterans. | SEP 2026
- ACES Act Becomes Law: A Milestone for Military Aviators’ Health | AUG 2025
- SIGNED INTO LAW: The ACES Act | AUG 2025
- Rep. Pfluger's ACES Act Passes Through the House | MAY 2025
- Cancer rates in military pilots and other aviators could get a closer look | JAN 2025
- Panetta, Pfluger Seek to Lower Military Aviation Cancer Rates | JAN 2025
- Military Aviator Cancers: The Aces Act | MAY 2024
- Military Aviator Cancers: The 2023 DOD Study | APR 2024
- Military Aviator Cancer: The USAF Pathfinder Study Changes The Discussion | MAR 2024
- Military Aviator Cancers: The Campaign Roots | MAR 2024
- Military Aviator Cancers: How Did We Get Here?| MAR 2024
- New Paper on Military: Soldiers Exposed to Radar and Full Body RF Have Higher Cancers | OCT 2022
IN THE MEDIA
FLIGHT PLANS
ACES ACT
- ZIntroduce H.R. 530 - The ACES Act
- Z Pass House Subcomittees
- ZPASS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- ZPASS THE SENATE
- ZFINALIZE BILL IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- ZACES ACT SIGNED INTO LAW
- ZACES Act cancer study CONTRACT SIGNED BY NASEM & THE VA
ROTOR ACT
- ZIntroduce H.R. 4704 – The ROTOR Act
- VAdvocate for H.R. 4704 in the Senate
- VPass the House of Representatives
- VPass the Senate
- VFinalize Bill in House of Representatives
- VROTOR ACT SIGNED INTO LAW