BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 65-106
15 JANUARY 2019
Financial Management
APPROPRIATED FUND SUPPORT OF
MORALE, WELFARE, AND
RECREATION (MWR) AND OTHER
NONAPPROPRIATED FUND
INSTRUMENTALITIES (NAFIS)
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the Air Force e-Publishing website
for downloading or ordering
RELEASABILITY: There are no restrictions for release on this publication
OPR: SAF/FMCEB
Supersedes: AFI 65-106, 6 May 2009
Certified by: SAF/FMC
(Pamela C. Schwenke)
Pages: 76
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 65-1, Management of Financial
Services, AFPD 65-5, Cost and Economics, Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1015.10,
Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Programs, and DoDI 1015.15, Establishment,
Management, and Control of Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities and Financial Management
of Supporting Resources. It provides financial guidance on using appropriated funds (APFs) for
MWR programs and other nonappropriated fund instrumentalities (NAFIs) throughout the Air
Force. This publication applies to all organizations and individuals at all levels of the Air Force
who review, approve, or use APFs to support MWR and other NAFIs, including the Regular Air
Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, and the Civil Air Patrol. This publication
may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements are routed to the Office of Primary
Responsibility (OPR) listed above for coordination prior to certification and approval, and should
be limited in nature. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR
using the Air Force (AF) Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms
847 from the field through the appropriate functional chain of command. The authorities to waive
wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (T-0, T-1, T-2, and T-3)
number following the compliance statement. See Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-360, Publications
and Forms Management, for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers.
Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval
authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s commander for non-tiered compliance items. In this
instruction, see Chapter 10, “Waivers to Fund Source and Other Waivers”, for additional
