BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 11-2B-52
VOLUME 3
12 MARCH 2019
Flying Operations
B-52 OPERATIONS 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: AFGSC/A3TO
Supersedes: AFI11-2B-52V3,
14 June 2010
Certified by: HQ USAF/A3T
(Maj Gen Scott F. Smith)
Pages: 45
This volume implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 11-2, Aircraft Rules and Procedures;
AFPD 11-4, Aviation Service; and Air Force Instruction (AFI) 11-202 Volume 3, General Flight
Rules. This publication applies to Regular Air Force and Air Force Reserve military and civilian
personnel. This publication does not apply to the Air National Guard. Ensure all records created
as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force
Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, 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 Office of Primary
Responsibility (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. 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 paragraph 1.3). See 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 requestors commander for non-tiered compliance items.
This AFI may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to Air Force
Global Strike Command, Standardization and Evaluations (AFGSC/A3TV) for coordination prior
to certification and approval. When guidance in this manual duplicates, changes or conflicts with
already published information contained in other AFGSC documents, the material in this manual
takes precedence.