BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
INSTRUCTION 63-140
6 AUGUST 2020
AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND
Supplement
04 FEBRUARY 2021
Acquisition
AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
PROGRAM AND AIR AND SPACE
EQUIPMENT STRUCTURAL
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 or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/AQRE
Supersedes: AFI 63-140, 07 April 2014;
AFI 20-114, 07 June 2011
Certified by: SAF/AQR
(Ms. Kristen J. Baldwin)
Pages: 47
(AFRC)
OPR: AFRC/A4MS
Supersedes: AFI 63-140_AFRCSUP,
04 June 2018, and
AFI 20-114_AFRCSUP,
03 November 2017
Certified by: AFRC/A4M
(Col Jason Martin)
Pages: 32
This publication implements the integrity program requirements related to structural integrity in
Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 63-1/20-1, Integrated Life Cycle Management, and is
consistent with DoD Directive 5000.01, The Defense Acquisition System, and DoD Instruction
5000.02T, Operation of the Defense Acquisition System. It also provides structural management
direction associated with AFPD 21-1, Maintenance of Military Materiel, and designates offices
and procedures that provide Air Force technical and engineering support for air and space assets
utilizing technologies in the structural disciplines. This Department of the Air Force Instruction
(AFI) specifically addresses the structural disciplines of advanced composites, corrosion
