While the concentration was certainly on achievements and activity in the United States, the society had Associate Editors in 29 countries including France, Great Britain, Switzerland Germany, Austria, Canada, Italy, Greece, Poland, Iceland, Holland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, Japan, Philippines, Siam, Persia, Russia, Mexico, Columbia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Panama, and Canal Zone.

[2] Holcomb York who owned The Berkshire Exchange, published the first US airmail catalogue and The Airpost Journal, decried AAMS infatuation with covers bearing souvenir or commemorative cachets that were never flown on an inaugural or historical flight.

In a letter to Georges Angers in 1943 President Franklin Roosevelt wrote As a pioneer in the field of aero-philately, your organization has long since achieved prominence as a national philatelic society and today stands as a glowing tribute to the foresight of its founders.

[3] As President of the Longines-Wittnauer Watch Company and Chief Timer for the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) member of the International Aviation Federation (FAI), John P. V. Heinmuller [4] had the perfect job.

He would certify or befriend every great luminary of the age including; Eddie Rickenbacker, Igor Sikorsky, Gen Francesco de Pinedo, Adm R E Byrd, Charles Lindbergh, Clarence Chamberlin, Amelia Earhart, Mears & Collyer, Post & Gatty, Pangborn & Herndon, Roscoe Turner, Mattern & Griffin, Dick Merrill, and Howard Hughes.

As a founding member of Collaboration Crew,[6] AAMS explores how to maximize joint opportunities like the International Digital Membership (IDM).

AAMS offers numerous services to its members: Aerophilatelic exhibits[8] are composed of postal documents transmitted by air and bearing evidence of having been flown.