AFI 35-101 — Public Affairs Operations

What this publication covers

This instruction provides guidance for conducting public affairs activities in support of commander’s objectives. It requires commanders and Public Affairs professionals to engage with various publics to deliver truthful, credible, accurate, and timely information. In so doing, PA activities enhance awareness, understanding, and support for the Department of the Air Force mission, the Airmen and Space professionals who carry it out, and the service’s contributions to national security. Supporting Department of Defense (DoD) and joint publications, this document describes Department of the Air Force PA, its functional organization, and its capabilities at all levels. It provides guidelines for all Department of the Air Force military and civilian personnel, re gardless of rank or functional area, including ANG and AFR personnel.

What changed in this edition

This instruction has been substantially revised and needs to be completely reviewed. Major changes include consolidation of previous separated Public Affairs AFIs. It also eliminates previous pr ocedural guidance that can now be found in AFMAN 35-101, Public Affairs Procedures. The activities not included in this instruction are discussed in AFI 35-110, U.S. Air Force Bands; AFI 35-114, Department of the Air Force Branding and Trademark Licensing Program; and Department of the Air Force Handbook (AFH) 35-115, Visual Information

Publications state their own changes on page 1 — behind a PDF the official host will not serve to a search engine. This is that section, verbatim. It describes the edition above, not every historical change.

If AFI 35-101 changes, who else is affected

6 publications in 5 other communities depend on this one, which Public Affairs 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 35-101

• DAFI 10-2501 AFGSC Sup — Emergency Management Program Current 3 mentions
• DAFMAN 36-2100 — Military Classification, Technical Training, And Retraining Current 3 mentions
• DAFI 34-101 — Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (mwr) Programs and Use Eligibility Current 2 mentions
• DAFI 36-2710 — Equal Opportunity Program Current 2 mentions
• AFI 1-1 — Air Force Standards Current 1 mention
• DAFMAN 11-401 — Aviation Management Current 1 mention

If AFI 35-101 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.

Nearby in the AFI series

• AFI 34-225 — Services Nonappropriated Fund Governance Not in the current catalog
• AFI 34-266 ALTUSAFB Sup — Fitness And Sports Program Current
• AFI 34-301 — Nonappropriated Funds Personnel Management and Administration Current
• AFI 35-104 USAFA Sup I — Media Operations Current
• AFI 35-105 USAFA Sup I — Community Relations Current