BY ORDER OF THE
DIRECTOR AIR NATIONAL GUARD
AIR NATIONAL GUARD INSTRUCTION
40-102
20 AUGUST 2021
MEDICAL COMMAND
STATE AIR SURGEON
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: NGB/SGP
Supersedes: ANGI 40-102, 27 June 2016
Certified by: NGB/SG
(Col Kenneth Egerstrom)
Pages: 13
This instruction governs the position of the State Air Surgeon (SAS) in the Air National Guard
(ANG). It implements ANGPD 40-1, State Air Surgeon. This Air National Guard Instruction
(ANGI) prescribes the qualifications, duties, responsibilities, and both wartime and peacetime
contingency requirements of the SAS. The authority to waive requirements found in this
publication is retained by the Air National Guard Surgeon General (NGB/SG). Submit requests
for waivers through the chain of command. This ANGI may be supplemented at any level, but all
supplements must be routed to OPR for coordination prior to certification and approval. Refer
recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR listed above using the AF
Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through
the appropriate 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 Instructions (AFI) 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, Table
1.1 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 Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items. Ensure all records created as
a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with AFI 33-322,
Records Management and Information Governance Program, and disposed of in accordance with
the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) located in the Air Force Records Management
System.
