BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 11-289
25 NOVEMBER 2020
Flying Operations
PHOENIX BANNER, SILVER, AND
COPPER OPERATIONS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at www.e-publishing.af.mil..
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AMC/A38
Supersedes: AFI 11-289, 8 April 2015
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Pages: 25
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 11-2, Aircrew Operations, and is
consistent with directives pertaining to airlift operations, including Air Force Instruction (AFI)
10-301, Managing Operational Utilization Requirements of the Air Reserve Component Forces.
It provides guidance for airlift in support of the President of the United States, the Vice
President, and other Presidential-directed missions. This instruction applies to all civilian
employees and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force (RegAF), Air Force Reserve and
Air National Guard who operate and support presidential airlift missions. This instruction
applies to C-5, C-17, C-130 and KC-10 aircrew and augments other directives pertaining to
airlift operations. This instruction requires the collection and or maintenance of information
protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 authorized by Title 10, United States Code, Section 9013.
The applicable System of Records Notice (SORN), F011 AF XO A, Aviation Resource
Management System (ARMS), is available at: https://dpcld.defense.gov/privacy/SORNS.aspx.
Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to AFI
33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in
accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force
Records Information Management System. Refer recommended changes and questions about
this publication to the office of primary responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847,
Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through the
appropriate functional’s chain of command. This Instruction may be supplemented at any level,
but all supplements must be routed to the OPR of this publication for coordination prior to
certification and approval. The authorities to waive wing and unit level requirements in this
publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance
statement. Refer to Department of the Air Force (DAF) Instruction 33-360, Publications and
