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AFI 10-601 — Operational Capability Requirements Documentation and Validation

AFI 10-601 is listed as current Current
in the AF e-Publishing catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2021-04-27 — 5.3 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.
BranchU.S. Air Force
SeriesAFI
Publication date2021-04-27 (5.3 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRAF/A5
Source of recordAF e-Publishing

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What changed in this edition

This document has been substantially revised and should be reviewed in its entirety. It incorporates changes necessa ry to provide updated guidance for development and approval of requirements documents within the Air Force that align with current guidelines of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System and the Adaptive Acquisition Framework

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If AFI 10-601 changes, who else is affected

Functional communityPublicationsWhich ones
Acquisition2DAFI 63-101 20-101, DAFPAM 63-128
Financial Management1DAFMAN 65-605V1
Safety1AFI 91-202 ANG Sup

4 publications in 3 other communities depend on this one, which Operations owns. Each community inspects its own publications; a dependency that crosses communities is owned by nobody, which is why this list normally does not exist anywhere. Built from the publications' own citations, so it reflects what we have read.

Publications that cite AFI 10-601

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