Above the ridgeline: a season chasing thermals across three continents
One pilot's journey from a local training hill to the start gate of a world championship.
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Latest- Athlete FeatureAbove the ridgeline: a season chasing thermals across three continents
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2027World Championship Calendar
Host bidding opens for the next cycle of world championships
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Commander of the Skies and Architect of Air Sports: A Historic Manifesto of Sovereignty and Public Safety
Our airspace is a realm of honor, legacy, and national pride. It is NOT a playground for corrupt aviation ,Air Sports and Sports cartels Mafias, private commercial monopolies, or rogue actors who gamble with public safety and the lives of our citizens. The era of institutional blindness, corporate exploitation, and lawless flight operations is officially over. Today, we enforce absolute structural control and unwavering regulatory governance over the skies.
Alireza AmidiPresident · W.A.S.F. & U.S.A.S.F.
Official Declaration · U.S.A.S.F. Federation RecordRead the declaration
Rising to Save National Sports: A Historic Manifesto of Justice, Public Health, and Athlete Sovereignty
Our nation’s sports are NOT for sale! They are not a commercial brand, they are not private intellectual property, and they will never again be a playground for white-collar criminals. Sports are a sacred public trust and an inviolable national asset, belonging strictly to the people, the citizens, and the sovereign champions who pour their blood, sweat, and tears into our flag. For too long, the physical, emotional, and psychological health of our elite athletes has been cynically gambled away behind closed doors by corporate monopolies, corrupted government insiders, and sports mafias. While administrative bodies hide behind jurisdictional games, a catastrophic crisis has unfolded, resulting in preventable athlete fatalities that outpace modern warzones. Today, we draw an unbreakable, eternal line in the sand.
Dr. Sanaz Derakhshani JanFounding President & CEO · U.S.S.M.F.
Official Declaration · U.S.A.S.F. Federation RecordRead the declaration
From the Cyrus Cylinder to the Open Skies.
Standing columns of Persepolis, under the eternal gaze of Cyrus “Kourosh-e Kabir” the Great, we declare the absolute end of systemic slavery in modern air sports. Twenty-five centuries ago, the first universal declaration of human rights was carved in clay to break the chains of tyranny, dismantle corrupt cartels of oppression, and grant humanity the right to live and breathe in freedom.
W.A.S.F. · U.S.A.S.F.Federation Doctrine · Heritage
Twenty-five centuries of the same mandateRead the declaration
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