| Branch | U.S. Air Force |
| Series | AFTCI |
| Publication date | 2022-11-23 (3.8 years ago) |
| Status | Current |
| Proponent / OPR | AFTC |
| Source of record | AF e-Publishing |
Download PDF Official document (AF e-Publishing)
This instruction establishes a framework and basic requirements for AFTC test safety programs. This instruction further establishes basic vocabulary and definitions to be used universally throughout AFTC. With in the framework of this instruction, wings or their equivalent are expected to develop processes to fulfill the requirements of this instruction.
This instruction applies to the following and any questions or disputes as to whether or not an activity is in-scope will be directed to the local Wing/Complex Safety Office who will make the final determination:
This revision incorporates AFTC Guidance Memorandum, AFTCI91-202_AFTCGM2021-01, dated 10 September 2021 and other changes including those from the latest AFMC Supplement to AFI 91-202. The major changes to this instruction include: removal of the Baseline Hazard Analysis and Baseline Safety Report, re-assignment of some responsibilities from the Wing/Complex Test Safety Office to either an independent Test Safety Officer or SRB Chair who may or may not be a member of the Wing/Complex Safety Office, enabling a post-SRB test package a direct route to the TEA, discouraging anticipated TEA attendance in an SRB meeting, permitting minor safety plan changes to occur without requiring re-approval from the TEA, ensuring risk acceptance is made explicitly by the TEA, more details to the creation and approval of test cards, clarification on who can assume the TEA role, modifications to the risk assessment matrix, mishap probability and severity definitions, and increasing the scope of the NEGLIGIBLE risk category. The AFTC Forms 5000 and 5001 were also updated due to these changes
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.
These Code of Federal Regulations references appear in AFTCI 91-202 but are not in the current CFR — checked against the eCFR structure API. A part can vanish because it was removed or reorganised, and some references are simply mistyped in the source publication. Either way the pointer is dead: verify before relying on it, and check every publication affected.
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.