DAFMAN21-201 governs Department of the Air Force munitions management at tactical, operational, and strategic levels.
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DAFMAN21-201 covers ISO container shipments, munitions shipping documents, FMS shipments, and cancelled shipments. It requires container inspections, labeling, markings, document handling, and controlled munitions records.
Applies to: It applies to all DAF organizations, activities, or units that use or possess munitions including the Regular Air Force (RegAF), United States Space Force (USSF), Air National Guard (ANG), Air Force Reserve (AFR), and contracted activities.
Before loading munitions for shipment, prior-to-use inspections will be performed on the containers, to include visual interior and exterior examination for obvious defects. (paragraph 7)
Munitions activities that generate munitions shipments using ISO containers will attach shipping documents to the inside of a door on each container. (paragraph 7)
RFID tags are detached from the outer container surface and reattached to the inside of the container door or consolidated into a central location immediately upon removal of assets. (paragraph 7)
Regenerate any lost email document. All regenerated email documents are to be annotated with the term “REGENERATED COPY.” (paragraph 1-6)
The side-opening MILVAN container is the preferred container for munitions intermodal movements. (paragraph 7)