AFMAN48-126 governs Bioenvironmental Engineering equipment standards and modernization across Air Force base-level locations.
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It establishes common equipment standards, a modernization process, and a standard equipment list for Bioenvironmental Engineering. It sets requirements for coordinating and approving equipment actions involving purchasing, upgrading, replacing, or increasing equipment capabilities.
Applies to: This manual applies to all Air Force (AF) base-level Bioenvironmental Engineering (BE) personnel and organizations in the Regular AF, Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard (ANG) in both home station and deployed settings.
The modernization process also needs to consider the entire Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTmLPF-P) spectrum.
The requirements of this manual and SEL apply to BE flights, elements and program offices that work with Defense Health Program (DHP)-funded equipment, Bioenvironmental Engineering Home Station Medical Response package (886H) equipment and deployable UTC allowance standard equipment.
Minimum membership for the BE EMSWG will include representatives from United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Occupational and Environmental Health Department (USAFSAM/OE); Air Combat Command Medical Readiness (ACC/SGX); the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging (MEFPAK) Responsible Agencies (MRA); and relevant baselevel pilot units.
Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s commander for non-tiered compliance items.
Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management System.