AFMAN 11-202V3 — Flight Operations

What this publication covers

This manual provides broad guidance for aircraft operations. It is consolidated to help aviators to identify and synthesize potentially applicable standards and procedures, and to understand application and waiver authority. General guidance cannot address every situation; therefore, Major Commands (MAJCOMs) and wing commanders should provide additional guidance further supporting safe aircraft operations. In the absence of specific guidance, aircrew will seek clarification and use sound judgment.

What changed in this edition

Major changes include incorporating GM 2021-01; clarified crew rest waiver authority and expanded flight duty period guidance; incorporating DoD FIH update related to cold temperature operations (Chapter 4); expansion and clarification of IFR takeoff minimum requirements and IFR departure procedures. (Chapter 5); incorporating FAA/ NGA updates to circling design criteria and publishing specification (Chapter 18); FLIP Decision Tree (Attachment 6);IFR Filing Tree (Attachment 7); Departure Decision Tree (Attachment 8); A margin bar (|) indicates newly revised material

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.

Version history

Changes we observed

• Our weekly check on 2026-07-17 saw date 2022-01-10 → 2026-06-25

These are dated observations from our own catalog refresh — when we saw the record change, which the publisher does not record.

If AFMAN 11-202V3 changes, who else is affected

3 publications in 3 other communities depend on this one, which Flying 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 AFMAN 11-202V3

• AFMAN 11-2KC-46V3 — KC-46 Operations Procedures Current 6 mentions
• DAFMAN 11-401 — Aviation Management Current 5 mentions
• AFI 11-418 — Operations Supervision Current 3 mentions
• AFI 11-200 — Aircrew Training, STANDARDIZATION/EVALUATION, and General Operations Structure Current 2 mentions
• AFPAM 63-129 — Air System Development and Sustainment Engineering Processes and Procedures Current 2 mentions
• DAFI 36-2903 — Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel Current 2 mentions
• DAFMAN 13-217 PACAF Sup — Drop Zone, Landing Zone, And Helicopter Landing Zone Operations Current 2 mentions

If AFMAN 11-202V3 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 AFMAN 11-202V3

• AFMAN 11-202V3 ACC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AETC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AFDW Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AFGSC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AFMC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AFSOC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AMC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AMC Sup 439AW Sup — Flying Operations Current

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.

Nearby in the AFMAN series

• AFMAN 11-202V2 PACAF Sup — Aircrew Standardization And Evaluation Program Current
• AFMAN 11-202V2 USAFE-AFAFRICA Sup — Aircrew Standardization And Evaluation Program Current
• AFMAN 11-202V2 USAFE-AFAFRICA Sup AVIANOAB Sup — Aircrew Standardization/Evaluation Program Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 ACC Sup — Flight Operations Current
• AFMAN 11-202V3 AETC Sup — Flight Operations Current