BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 11-301
VOLUME 3
27 MAY 2020
Flying Operations
AIRCREW FLIGHT EQUIPMENT (AFE)
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND
PLANNING
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/ACTF
Supersedes: AFMAN11-301, 22 July
2016; AFI11-301V3, 1 February 2016
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Pages: 35
This manual implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 11-3, Aircrew Flight Equipment, and
complements Air Force Instruction (AFI) 11-301, Volume 1, Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE)
Program. This manual applies to all civilian employees and uniformed members of the Regular
Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and those with contractual obligation to comply
with AF publications. The manual describes objectives, responsibility, and operations in support
of contingencies in a deployed environment. It specifies minimum administrative, procedural and
operational performance and management standards for services provided by all USAF AFE
facilities, including USAF-contracted AFE locations where the USAF has functional oversight
responsibility. Ensure all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are
maintained in accordance with Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management and
Information Governance Program, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records
Disposition Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management System. Refer
recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR using the AF Form 847,
Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through the
appropriate functional chain of command. Intervening levels will evaluate all recommendations
and forward the AF Form 847 to the next echelon. This publication may be supplemented at any
level, but all direct supplements must be routed for coordination prior to certification and approval
to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) of this publication, AF/ACTF. 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 AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms
