Notes on AFH-1, 15 Feb 2025, Chapter 17, Emergency Management
16 Nov 2025. Paragraph 17.22. New content: The terms "Time Out" and "Knock it Off" and the right of Airmen to stop work at any time due to hazards or other circumstances, is new content.
15 Nov 2025. Paragraph 17.13. Recovery Procedures. After years of prescribing a 5-percent chlorine solution for equipment decontamination and a 0.5 percent chlorine solution for skin decontamination, the PDG now says that these solutions should only be used after consultation with CBRN Defense Specialists as some chemicals react negatively to chlorine. Updated questions.
4 Nov 2025. The E-6 WAPS Catalog for the 2026 test cycle has been posted on the Air Force's official study guide site. It changed the study requirements for promotion to E-6 from
1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 24 to
1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 24.
The new WAPS catalog adds chapters 11, 12, and 17 as being required for study for promotion to E-6 during the 26E6 promotion cycle. The material to meet these new requirements is being developed now and should be completed by the end of November at the latest.