AFI11-208 governs the Department of Defense Notice to Airmen System and its flight operations classifications, communications, and procedures.
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AFI11-208 covers Notice to Airmen categories, connectivity, processing capability, system integrity, Q-Codes, timeliness, overseas operations, and instrument procedures. Compliance with AFI11-208 is mandatory, and it establishes requirements for Notice to Airmen creation, retrieval, and dissemination.
Applies to: This is an interservice publication that applies to individuals at all levels including US Air Force Reserve, US Air National Guard, US Army, US Army Reserves, US Army National Guard, US Navy, and US Marine Corps with the US Air Force (USAF or AF) as the Lead Service.
The Department of Defense Notice to Airmen System disseminates information to aircrews and flight operations personnel regarding the establishment, condition, or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard of which the timely knowledge may be critical to safe Department of Defense flight operations.
The USAF is the single manager of the Department of Defense Notice to Airmen System.
Notice to Airmen are unclassified notices or advisories distributed by means of telecommunication that contain information concerning the establishment, conditions or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel and systems concerned with flight operations.
Tier waiver authorities (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) have been included to all mandated unit compliance items (Wing level and below) as prescribed by Air Force Instruction 33-360, Publications and Forms Management.