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AXIS Flight School offers structured, progressive training designed to help sport skydivers of all levels achieve their personal and competitive goals. Whether you’re looking to improve your canopy skills, master new freefall techniques in the tunnel and sky, or prepare for competition, our world-class coaches will guide you every step of the way.

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  • Luke & Greg

    Luke and Greg visited AXIS Flight School at the end of March 2016. The purpose of their visit was to be introduced to 2-way MFS (mixed formation skydiving) in a formally coached setting. During their week and a half long stay, the duo performed 28 training jumps and 10 hours of coached tunnel time, which…

  • Machete Squad wins 1st annual MFS Money Meet

    On February 20th, a 2-way MFS competition has officially replaced the scambles-style meet that was normally held around this time. This year Skydive Arizona hosted the 1st Annual MFS Money Meet! Three members of Arizona X-FORCE (Brianne, Nik, and Seth on video) entered the competition under the team name Machete Squad. Five teams attended and the decision…

  • Arizona X-FORCE 2015

  • Arizona X-FORCE takes 3rd at the 2015 USPA Nationals!

    The 2015 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Arizona (SDAZ) in Eloy, AZ. In the 4-way VFS category there were 6 teams in open, and 4 in advanced – a similar turnout to the previous year. One year ago, Arizona X-Force took 4th place at the 2014 USPA Nationals in Chicago with a 3.0 average. After…

  • Arizona X-Force VFS Randoms Video

    AXIS Flight School‘s competition devision, Arizona X-Force, is now offering free 4-way VFS video tutorials! They are available on the AXIS Flight School You Tube Channel. The first series includes the random formations A-N of the IPC dive pool. This videos offer insight on how to walk, prep, and execute the random formations. Upcoming tutorials will include:…

  • Arizona Arsenal wins VFS Open at the 2014 USPA Nationals

    The 2014 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Chicago (SDC) in Ottawa, IL. In the 4-way VFS category there were five teams in open, and five in advanced. Unfortunately the first three days of the competition were weathered-out, but all 8 rounds were completed on the the last day. The judges decided not to include round 7 in the final scoring, as some individuals were competing…

  • The 21st FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships

    Every two years some of the best skydivers in the world converge on one spot to compete for the coveted title of World Champion in their discipline. From August 25th to the 31st, Prostejov a city in the Czech Republic, played host to the FAI event. USA VFS Team Arizona Arsenal attended the 2014 World Meet, having qualified a…

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight – VFS Block 8

  • The Arizona Arsenal Experience 2014

  • 12th Annual Free Fly Money Meet 2014

    “The 12th annual Free Fly Money Meet was held on February 22nd. In this five round meet competitors are randomly matched with a different partner of similar flying ability for each round. A sequence of compulsory moves are drawn from a set dive pool for each round. Competitors gain one point each time they correctly…