BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
INSTRUCTION 48-122
9 OCTOBER 2020
Aerospace Medicine
DEPLOYMENT HEALTH
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 or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/SG3C
Supersedes: AFI48-122, 18 August 2014
Certified by: AF/SG3
(Maj Gen Robert I. Miller)
Pages: 36
This publication implements AFPD 48-1, Aerospace and Operational Medicine Enterprise
(AOME), and is consistent with Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction (DoDI) 6490.03,
Deployment Health; DoDI 6490.07, Deployment Limiting Medical Conditions for Service
Members and DoD Civilian Employees; and Defense Health Agency Procedural Instruction
(DHA-PI) 6490.03, Deployment Health Procedures. It provides guidance and procedures for the
Air Force Deployment Health program, primarily focusing on the deployment-related health
assessments (DRHA) throughout the Air Force (AF). It applies to Regular Air Force (RegAF),
Air Force Reserve (AFR) and Air National Guard (ANG), and Department of the Air Force
(DAF) civilians at all levels that deploy (Note: ANG and AFR will be collectively referred to as
Air Reserve Component (ARC) except where noted otherwise). Except for pre-deployment
health-related items provided by the government as specified in DoDI 3020.41, Operational
Contract Support, this AFI does not apply to employees working under government contract or
private contractors performing work under government contracts. This publication requires the
collection and maintenance of information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 (Title 5, United
States Code (U.S.C.), Section 552a), and authorized by Title 10, U.S.C., Sections 9013 and
9067(d), and Executive Order 9397, Numbering System for Federal Accounts Relating to
Individual Persons, as amended by Executive Order 13478, Amendments to Executive Order
9397, Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers. Forms affected by the
Privacy Act must have an appropriate Privacy Act statement. The applicable System of Records
Notice, F044 F AF SG E, Medical Record System, is available at
http://dpclo.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNs.aspx. The authority to collect DRHA information
(including Protected Health Information ) is derived from 10 U.S.C. 136, Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness; 10 U.S.C. 1074(f), Medical Tracking System for
