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AFI 31-118 — Security Forces Standards And Procedures

AFI 31-118 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 2020-08-18 — 6.0 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.
A Guidance Memorandum dated 2026-01-15 modifies this publication.
AFI 31-118 is still the current edition and its publication date has not changed — a GM is issued against an edition, takes effect immediately, and is normally folded into the next rewrite. The official PDF includes the GM at the front; if your saved copy predates 2026-01-15, download it again.
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BranchU.S. Air Force
SeriesAFI
Publication date2020-08-18 (6.0 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRAF/A4
Source of recordAF e-Publishing

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What this publication covers

This instruction provides guidance to implement that policy and directs that civilian management officials, supervisors, and employees will perform official duties lawfully and comply with ethical standards of conduct. (T-1)

If AFI 31-118 changes, who else is affected

Functional communityPublicationsWhich ones
Law1DAFI 51-508
Operations1AFI 10-403

2 publications in 2 other communities depend on this one, which Security Forces 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 31-118

If AFI 31-118 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

Changes & supplements to AFI 31-118

Records in this branch carrying the same series and number — interim changes, guidance memoranda, and unit supplements. A copy stamped with one of these is a different document from the base publication.

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