BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 10-2909
13 MARCH 2019
Incorporating Change 1, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Operations
AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION
(AE) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the e-
Publishing web site at www.E-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: AMC/A3VM
Supersedes: AFI 10-2909, 23 July 2013
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen Albert G. Miller)
Pages: 18
PURPOSE
This manual implements Air Force Policy Directive 10-29, Worldwide Aeromedical Evacuation
Operations. This is a specialized publication intended for use by Airmen who have graduated
from technical training and work in aeromedical evacuation. It applies to Regular Air Force
(RegAF) and Air Force Reserve Component (ARC) personnel who work within the AE En Route
Care (ERC) systems that are working with AE Patient Movement Items (PMI) and Non-PMI
equipment. This publication does not apply to the United States Space Force (USSF). Ensure all
records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air Force
Instruction 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. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements
in this manual are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, and T-3”) number following the
compliance statement. See DAFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description
of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain
of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the Publication
OPR for non-tiered compliance items.
This manual requires the collection and or maintenance of information protected by the Privacy
Act (PA) of 1974. The authorities to collect and or maintain the records prescribed in this
publication are Title 10 United States Code, Chapter 857 and Executive Order 9397, Numbering
System for Federal Accounts Relating to Individual Persons, 30 Nov 1943. Forms affected by the
Certified Current, 19 October 2021
