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DAFI 24-301

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GROUND TRANSPORTATION

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DAFI 24-301, "GROUND TRANSPORTATION", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated January 9, 2026.

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January 9, 2026

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DAFI 24-301 — index record

NumberDAFI 24-301
TitleGROUND TRANSPORTATION
PublishedJanuary 9, 2026
Certified currentJanuary 9, 2026
Office of primary responsibilityAF/A4
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionRewrite, January 9, 2026
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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This publication is available for downloading or ordering on the e- Publishing website at https://www.e-publishing.af.mil/. RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.

Summary of changes, as printed

This publication has been revised and must be completely reviewed. Changes include: re- numbering AFI 24-301 to DAFI 24-301, combining AFI 24-301 and AFMAN24-306, Operation of Air Force Government Motor Vehicles, reducing approval authorities to the lowest appropriate level, replacing Air Expeditionary Force related guidance with has been changed to Air Forces Force Generation, civilian federal exceptions and DAF licensing requirements were updated to fall in line with Title 49 U.S.C., Commercial Driver’s License requirement, updated the minimum requirements for Department of Defense (DoD) civilians and contractors appointment as Training, Validation and Operations (TVO) Examiners (TVOE) to include requirement waiver process and authority to attend the TVOE Course, clarified and identified units exempt from appointing two TVOEs, and establishing a Commercial Motor Vehicle Equivalent (CMVE) certification program.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—GOVERNMENT MOTOR VEHICLE (GMV) OFFICIAL USEp. 7
  2. Section 1A—General Informationp. 7
  3. Section 1B—General Official Use Transportation Supportp. 16
  4. Chapter 2—GROUND TRANSPORTATION PRINCIPLES AND CAPABILITIESp. 20
  5. Section 2A—General Information and Administrationp. 20
  6. Section 2B—Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 21
  7. Section 3A—Structure and Manpowerp. 35
  8. Section 3B—Finances and Reimbursementsp. 37
  9. Chapter 4—GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS CENTER (GTOC)p. 43
  10. Section 4A—General Information and Administrationp. 43
  11. Section 4B—Ground Transportation Operations Center Responsibilitiesp. 43
  12. Section 4C—Ground Transportation Operations Center Activitiesp. 47
  13. Section 4D—Non-DoD Agency, Other Transportation Support (non-inclusive)p. 54
  14. Chapter 5—GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATORS AND PROGRAMS (O&P)p. 56
  15. Section 5A—General Information and Administrationp. 56
  16. Section 5B—Ground Transportation Support Responsibilitiesp. 56
  17. Chapter 6—TRAINING, VALIDATION, AND OPERATIONS (TVO)p. 60
  18. Section 6A—General Information and Administrationp. 60
  19. Section 6B—Training, Validation, and Operations Programsp. 60
  20. Section 6C—Operator Records and Licensingp. 61
  21. Section 6D—Commercial Motor Vehicle certification and Examinersp. 66
  22. Section 6E—Unit Operator Training Programp. 70
  23. Section 6F—Mobility and Contingency Operationsp. 71
  24. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 74
All 99 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—GOVERNMENT MOTOR VEHICLE (GMV) OFFICIAL USEp. 7
  2. Section 1A—General Informationp. 7
  3. 1.1. Federal Law and DoDp. 7
  4. 1.2. GMV Official Usep. 7
  5. 1.3. GMV Servicingp. 8
  6. 1.4. Standard Authorized Uses of GMVsp. 8
  7. 1.5. Unauthorized DAF Vehicle Usesp. 13
  8. 1.6. GMV Misuse Penaltiesp. 15
  9. Section 1B—General Official Use Transportation Supportp. 16
  10. 1.7. Pet or Service Animal Transportation Supportp. 16
  11. 1.8. Dependent Transportation Supportp. 16
  12. 1.9. Invitational Travel Authorization (ITA) Transportation Supportp. 17
  13. 1.10. DAF, MAJCOM, FLDCOM, Delta Pre-command Trainingp. 18
  14. 1.11. Child Development Center Supportp. 18
  15. 1.12. Chaplain Corps Supportp. 18
  16. 1.13. Housing Office Supportp. 18
  17. 1.14. Air Force Recruiter Supportp. 18
  18. 1.15. Medical and Inpatient Status Supportp. 18
  19. 1.16. Mental Health Supportp. 18
  20. 1.17. Air Force Museum Supportp. 19
  21. 1.18. Air Force Fitness Program Supportp. 19
  22. 1.19. Legal Proceedings Supportp. 19
  23. 1.20. Fisher House Supportp. 19
  24. Chapter 2—GROUND TRANSPORTATION PRINCIPLES AND CAPABILITIESp. 20
  25. Section 2A—General Information and Administrationp. 20
  26. 2.1. Principles of Centralized and Consolidated Mission Supportp. 20
  27. 2.2. Ground Transportation Capabilities and Servicesp. 20
  28. Section 2B—Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 21
  29. 2.3. Directorate of Logistics, Logistics Readiness Division (AF/A4LR)p. 21
  30. 2.5. Air Force Forces FAMsp. 24
  31. 2.6. Online Vehicle Interactive Management System Functional Analystp. 25
  32. 2.7. MAJCOM 2T1 Inspector General (IG) Inspectorsp. 26
  33. 2.8. AF Career Development Academy Learning Engineerp. 27
  34. 2.9. The 368th Training Squadron (368 TRS)p. 27
  35. 2.10. Installation commanders (or equivalent)p. 28
  36. 2.11. Wing Staff Agenciesp. 28
  37. 2.12. The Logistics Readiness Commander (or equivalent) will:p. 28
  38. 2.13. Unit commanders (or equivalent) willp. 29
  39. 2.14. Air Force Reserve Tenant Unitsp. 30
  40. 2.16. Superintendent, Ground Transportationp. 31
  41. 2.17. Element Chief, Ground Transportationp. 33
  42. 2.18. Ground Transportation Contracting Officer’s Representativep. 33
  43. Section 3A—Structure and Manpowerp. 35
  44. 3.1. Structure and Duty Titlesp. 35
  45. 3.2. Manpowerp. 36
  46. 3.3. Professional Developmentp. 36
  47. Section 3B—Finances and Reimbursementsp. 37
  48. 3.4. Budgetp. 37
  49. Chapter 4—GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS CENTER (GTOC)p. 43
  50. Section 4A—General Information and Administrationp. 43
  51. Section 4B—Ground Transportation Operations Center Responsibilitiesp. 43
  52. 4.1. Ground Transportation Operations Center (GTOC)p. 43
  53. 4.2. NCOIC, Ground Transportation Operations Center (GTOC)p. 43
  54. 4.3. Lead Dispatcherp. 44
  55. 4.4. Shift Dispatcherp. 44
  56. 4.5. GTOC Dispatchersp. 44
  57. 4.6. NCOIC, Documented Cargop. 45
  58. 4.7. Documented Cargo Operations (DCO)p. 46
  59. Section 4C—Ground Transportation Operations Center Activitiesp. 47
  60. 4.8. Centralized and Efficient Mission Supportp. 47
  61. 4.9. Priority of Transportation Servicesp. 47
  62. 4.10. Support for Operational and Military Community Activitiesp. 47
  63. 4.11. AF Band, AF Honor Guard, Ceremony, and Program Supportp. 48
  64. 4.12. Official Use Determinationsp. 49
  65. 4.13. Bus Transportation Servicesp. 50
  66. 4.14. Installation Vehicle Misuse Reporting Programp. 52
  67. 4.16. Wrecker and Recovery Supportp. 53
  68. 4.17. U-Drive-It (UDI) Supportp. 53
  69. Section 4D—Non-DoD Agency, Other Transportation Support (non-inclusive)p. 54
  70. 4.18. Initiating and Scheduling Permitsp. 54
  71. 4.19. Non-DoD Counterparts and Foreign Attachés Supportp. 54
  72. 4.20. Federal Prison Camp Supportp. 55
  73. Chapter 5—GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATORS AND PROGRAMS (O&P)p. 56
  74. Section 5A—General Information and Administrationp. 56
  75. Section 5B—Ground Transportation Support Responsibilitiesp. 56
  76. 5.1. Ground Transportation Operators and Programs (O&P)p. 56
  77. 5.2. NCOIC, Ground Transportation O&Pp. 56
  78. 5.3. NCOIC, Programs and Equipment (P&E)p. 56
  79. 5.4. Supervisor, Ground Transportation Supportp. 57
  80. 5.5. Ground Transportation Support Operatorp. 58
  81. 5.6. Risk Management and Crew Restp. 58
  82. Chapter 6—TRAINING, VALIDATION, AND OPERATIONS (TVO)p. 60
  83. Section 6A—General Information and Administrationp. 60
  84. Section 6B—Training, Validation, and Operations Programsp. 60
  85. 6.1. NCOIC, Training, Validation, & Operations (TVO)p. 60
  86. 6.2. Trainingp. 60
  87. Section 6C—Operator Records and Licensingp. 61
  88. 6.3. Operator Records and Licensing (OR&L)p. 61
  89. Section 6D—Commercial Motor Vehicle certification and Examinersp. 66
  90. 6.4. Commercial Motor Vehicle Equivalent (CMVE) Examiners and Certificationp. 66
  91. Section 6E—Unit Operator Training Programp. 70
  92. 6.5. Unit Operator Training Programp. 70
  93. 6.6. Maintenance Purposes Onlyp. 70
  94. Section 6F—Mobility and Contingency Operationsp. 71
  95. 6.7. Licensing Contractor Personnelp. 71
  96. 6.8. Suspension and evocation of GMV Operator’s Driving Privilegesp. 71
  97. 6.9. Restoration of GMV On-Base Driving Privilegesp. 71
  98. 6.10. Readiness Honed in Operations (RHINO)p. 71
  99. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 74

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