The title does not grant any right to compensation but provides certain benefits and special advantages: The official artist has a moral obligation to include in its annual production some aeronautical nature works, serving the cause and the reputation of the military and civil aviation.
The jury is composed of officers of the French Air Force, entitled painters and personalities from art and / or aeronautics.
An official meeting is held every two years and is the location and privileged manifestation of the Air Painters' artistic commitment.
In 1987, the "Painters of the Air and Space" association is created to fulfill a need to independently develop links with state or private organizations with aeronautical vocation, to bring an amateur public by putting up exhibitions and uphold the moral and material interests of its members.
A traveling exhibition managed by the French armies' Information and public relations service] and a blog [1] now complete representation of the association.