AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP — Management Of Aviation Critical Safety Items

AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP governs life-cycle management of replenishment items critical to aviation safety and related CSI processes.

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  • Publication number: AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP
  • Title: MANAGEMENT OF AVIATION CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS
  • Date: 2025-12-09

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The publication addresses item criticality, CSI coding and tracking, technical data, source approval, surveillance, one-time manufacture, and disposal. It establishes policy, procedures, and responsibilities for implementing the DoD Critical Safety Item and Flight Safety Critical Aircraft Part program.

Applies to: This supplement is applicable to AFMC total force, AFMC subordinate units, and USSF program offices/lifecycle activities.

Topics covered

  • Aviation critical safety items
  • Item criticality determination
  • CSI coding and tracking
  • Technical data adequacy
  • Source and repair approval
  • Approved-source surveillance
  • One-time organic manufacture
  • CSI disposal

Questions and answers

What policy and procedures does AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP establish for aviation safety items?

Establishes policy, procedures, and assigns responsibilities for the life-cycle management of replenishment items critical to aviation safety as required by and implements the Department of Defense (DoD) Critical Safety Item/Flight Safety Critical Aircraft Part (FSCAP) program as required by "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004", Section 802, Quality Control In Procurement Of Aviation Critical Safety Items And Related Services reference 1 and reference 2. (paragraph 1)

What requirements does AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP address for critical safety items?

Addresses requirements governing the initial determination of item criticality and subsequent changes to this determination; coding and tracking of aviation Critical Safety Items (CSIs); the process for ensuring the adequacy of technical data and proposed changes; the process for approving sources of supply and repair/overhaul; the surveillance process assuring that approved sources retain required capabilities; authorities for one-time organic manufacture of CSIs under exigent circumstances; and requirements for disposing of CSIs when no longer needed by military aviation. (paragraph 2)

Who does AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP apply to?

Applies to Program Executive Officers (PEOs), commanders of system acquisition and logistics organizations, program managers, and other agencies or commercial entities providing procurement, repair, or overhaul services to aviation materiel. (paragraph 1)

How must records created under AFI20-106_IP_AFMCSUP be handled?

Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with reference 22, and are disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (AFRDS), which is located in the Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS).

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