AFI 31-218 is listed as currentCurrent 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.
A Guidance Memorandum dated 2026-07-15 modifies this publication. AFI 31-218 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 2026-07-15, download it again.
3 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 31-218
AFI 33-332 — Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program Current2 mentions
If AFI 31-218 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.
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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before citing AFI 31-218 in an official product.