BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 34-240
19 APRIL 2019
Services
APPROPRIATED FUND (APF) FOOD
SERVICE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading and ordering
RELEASABILITY: There are no reliability restrictions on this publication
OPR: AF/A1SO
Supersedes: AFMAN34-240, 2 May 2005;
AFI34-239, 14 August 2018
Certified by: SAF/MR
Pages: 73
This manual implements Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1338.10, Department of
Defense Food Service Program, Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) 1338.10, DoD Food
Service Program, and Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 34-1, Air Force Services. It provides
directive guidance and procedures on requisition, ordering, accounting, preparation and inventory
of food in appropriated fund (APF) food facilities including dining facilities, flight kitchens,
missile feeding, field feeding and on the essential station messing (ESM) program. It does not
apply to hospital dining facilities. In collaboration with the Chief of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE)
and the Director of the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower,
Personnel, and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel policy for Food Service Program
Management and Essential Station Messing that applies to all regular Air Force members,
members of the Air Force Reserve Command and members of the Air National Guard. Ensure that
all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in
accordance with Air Force Manual 33-363, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force
Records Disposition Schedule in the Air Force Records Information Management System. Refer
recommended changes and questions about this publication to the office of primary responsibility
using Air Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route Air Force 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, 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
