DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, DC
AFMAN13-204v1_AFGM2023-01
3 APRIL 2023
MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION C
MAJCOMs/FOAs/DRUs
FROM: HQ USAF/A3
1630 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330-1630
SUBJECT: Department of the Air Force Guidance Memorandum to Air Force Manual 13-204
Volume 1, Management of Airfield Operations
By Order of the Secretary of the Air Force, this Department of the Air Force Guidance
Memorandum (AFGM) immediately changes Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 13-204, Volume 1,
Management of Airfield Operations. Compliance with this memorandum is mandatory. To the
extent its directions are inconsistent with other Department of the Air Force/Air Force/Space
Force publications, the information herein prevails, in accordance with Department of the Air
Force Instruction (DAFI) 90-160, Publications and Forms Management and Department of the
Air Force Manual (DAFMAN) 90-161, Publishing Processes and Procedures.
In advance of a rewrite of AFMAN 13-204, Volume 1, the Attachment to this
Memorandum provides Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency (HQ AFFSA) and
Major Commands (MAJCOMs) guidance on the Airfield Operations Compliance Verification
(AO-CV), as well as numerous other changes that are effective immediately.
Ensure all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are
maintained in accordance with AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance
Program, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS)
located in the Air Force Records Management System.
This Memorandum becomes void after one year has elapsed from the date of this
Memorandum, or upon incorporation by interim change to, or rewrite of AFMAN 13-204,
Volume 1, whichever is earlier.
JAMES C. SLIFE, Lt Gen, USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
Attachment:
Guidance Changes
