BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 65-601,
VOLUME 1
24 OCTOBER 2018
Financial Management
BUDGET GUIDANCE AND
PROCEDURES
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/FMB Policy & Fiscal Control
(P&FC)
Supersedes: AFI 65-601V1,
16 August 2012
Certified by: SAF/FMB
(Maj Gen John M. Pletcher)
Pages: 9
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 65-6, Budget, by providing
general budget policy and procedures for Airmen, Commanders and Directors regarding the use
of appropriated funds, ensuring regulatory and statutory compliance and standardization Air
Force-wide. The instruction applies to all Air Force military and civilian personnel, all Air Force
organizations and activities, including the Air National Guard, the Air Force Reserve, and the Civil
Air Patrol (when performing Air Force assigned missions in its role as a volunteer civilian auxiliary
of the Air Force). Specific guidance is located in other SAF/FMB publications. In cases of conflict
with other Air Force Instructions (AFI) the funding propriety rules stated here and in Air Force
Manual (AFMAN) 65-605, Volume 1, Budget Policy and Technical Procedures, take precedence.
This publication may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to the
Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) of this publication for coordination prior to certification
and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR using
the Air Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication ; route AF Forms 847 from
the field through appropriate functional’s 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, T-3”) number
following the compliance statement. All Tier 3 level requirements in publications are now
waiverable at the squadron commander or equivalent level, unless specifically retained by the
appropriate wing commander. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a
description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers using
