The £4m project is being run through a partnership between the RAF Benevolent Fund and 4Children and follows a consultation with families at bases. Their second biggest concern, after housing, was a lack of activities for their children.
Activities being provided over the next three years include circus skills, dance workshops and after-school drop-in clubs.
Similar activities were previously run directly by the RAF "but operational pressures have meant that staff are no longer available to run them", according to a statement from the fund.
Paul Hughesdon, RAF Benevolent Fund policy and welfare director, said: "This youth worker programme will help reduce the stress on serving families, particularly those on operational deployments who worry about the welfare of their children while they are away.
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