For 50 years, AIM AIR has served as a support ministry to the broader work of Africa Inland Mission (AIM). AIM is a church planting mission with a heart for Africa’s unreached. Almost 1000 of Africa’s 3700 unique ethnic people groups are unreached – that’s over 300 million people who have little opportunity to hear the gospel and even less opportunity to be discipled as a follower of Jesus. In the 21st century, much of the missionary work that remains is among the hardest to reach peoples and places. AIM AIR enables missionaries to get to and live among the people in these isolated locations, sharing the hope that can be found in Christ.
Wings of the Dawn is a project of AIM AIR that supports and contributes to the longevity of missionaries in remote regions among the unreached peoples of East Africa. The project provides a lifeline to the missionaries, assisting them in times of need and enabling them to live incarnationally among unreached people groups so that they can share the gospel and disciple new believers. Flight subsidies are provided for med-evacs, emergency situations, vision building trips for national church leaders, flight costs related to national missionary travel to their ministry, and survey trips for new outreach locations.
- Missionary Care leads to longevity – AIM AIR supports and cares for missionaries as they serve. Being able to ‘look to the sky’ for delivery of supplies, evacuations, etc. provides peace of mind and allows them to give their full focus to frontline ministry.
- Support Indigenous pastors & missionaries – AIM AIR also comes alongside local churches and indigenous pastors in remote locations, providing support and opening up new areas of ministry.
- Increasing Missions Awareness in the African church – AIM AIR flies for vision trips to expose local African churches to missions. It is a priority of AIM to encourage, train, and assist Africans to become involved in reaching Africa.
This is our calling and our privilege – to serve God’s servants. Through them, the team and the planes of AIM AIR are playing a part in God’s great redemptive work in Africa.
A few stories of impact (from subsidized flights) in the first half of 2025:
- Flight to Garissa – We did a flight for Dove Christian Fellowship, a church based in Nairobi, to visit a missionary they support in Garissa. Garissa is located in the northeastern region of Kenya and is challenging to get to. This trip was particularly meaningful as it was the first time the missionary has received a visiting team from his home church. Encouragement and fellowship like this is much-needed and contributes to the longevity of missionaries in isolated locations.
- Flight from Marsabit – We did a return flight from Marsabit (northern Kenya) to pick up a group of pastors who had traveled there for a pastors’ training and prison ministry outreach. The flight enabled them to return safely and quickly to continue their ministry work in their home areas. Missionary aviation is opening up new doors of ministry and strengthening AIM’s relationship with local churches.
- Evacuation Flight from South Sudan – We did a flight to the border of South Sudan to evacuate a missionary family fleeing the civil unrest in Sudan. We picked them up at the border and flew them safely to their mission station inside South Sudan, ensuring their protection during a critical time. This type of support during times of unrest provides peace of mind for our missionaries and their families.
- Flight to Torit, South Sudan – We did a flight to Torit, South Sudan, to take the Betts family, a Kenyan missionary family serving among the Lopit people. This flight helped them return to their mission field and continue their cross-cultural ministry. This type of aviation support allows for ongoing, long term gospel presence in unreached areas.
- Flight to Ngurunit and Sedar – We did a flight for Paul and Elizabeth Makau, a Kenyan couple serving with (AIM), who were leading a group of local pastors on a ministry trip to Ngurunit and Sedar. The purpose of the trip was to connect the pastors with missionaries in those remote areas and to engage with the local churches. It was a valuable opportunity for fellowship, encouragement, and sharing ministry experiences.
- Flight to Korr – We did a flight for a group of AIC pastors traveling to Korr (northern Kenya) for a pastoral training event. One of the passengers was the wife of a pastor who is active in women’s ministry. Because of a back condition, traveling by road is very difficult for her and often keeps her from remote ministry opportunities. Thanks to the Wings of Dawn subsidy, she was able to attend the training, and the women in Korr were able to benefit from having their own sessions.
AIM Air is a faithful partner of The Bolick Foundation.