AFM may refer to:

Military

Air Force Medal The Air Force Medal (AFM) was a military decoration, awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to personnel of other Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, below commissioned officer, comm ...

, awarded in the British Royal Air Force *

United States Air Force Memorial The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia, on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pent ...

, in Arlington, Virginia *

Armed Forces of Malta The Armed Forces of Malta () is the name given to the combined armed services of Malta. The AFM is a brigade sized organisation consisting of a headquarters and three separate regiments, with minimal air and naval forces. Since Malta is the ...

, the name given to the combined armed services of Malta *

Republic of China Armed Forces Museum The Republic of China Armed Forces Museum (AFM; ) was a museum located on Guiyang Street in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It opened on 31 October 1961, under the administration of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense D ...

, a museum in Taipei, Taiwan

Organizations

Businesses

AFM Records AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, Redlight King, and Annihilator. In 2005, Can ...

, a German record label * Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau, a German racing car constructor * American Freedom Mortgage, Inc., a corporation based in Georgia, US

Governmental organizations

* Autoriteit Financiële Markten, Netherlands financial markets regulator *

, the name given to the combined armed services of Malta

Non-profit, non-governmental organizations

* Africa Fighting Malaria, a health campaign in Africa * American Federation of Motorcyclists, a road racing club *

American Federation of Musicians The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) trade union, labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada. The AFM, which has its headquarters in N ...

, a labour union in North America * Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, a Pentecostal Christian denomination *

Australia First Movement The Australia First Movement (AFM) was an Extremism, extremist political movement founded in Sydney in October 1941, which advocated for isolationism and collaborationism during World War II and supported fascism and Nazism. It grew out of the ...

, an Australian fascist organization during the Second World War * Macau Football Association, the governing body of football in Macau

Science and technology

* AFM (gene), in biochemistry, a member of the albumin gene family that encodes the protein Afamin * Abrasive flow machining, a technique for smoothing internal part surfaces *

Active Fuel Management Active Fuel Management (formerly known as displacement on demand (DoD)) is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors. It allows a V6 or V8 engine to "turn off" half of the cylinders under light-l ...

(formerly "Displacement on Demand"), a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors *

Acute flaccid myelitis Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious condition of the spinal cord. Symptoms include rapid onset of arm or leg weakness and decreased reflexes. Difficulty moving the eyes, speaking, or swallowing may also occur. Occasionally, numbness or pain ...

, a neurologic disease similar to polio * Adobe Font Metrics, a computer file format *

Air flow meter An air flow meter is a device similar to an anemometer In meteorology, an anemometer () is a device that measures wind speed and direction. It is a common instrument used in weather stations. The earliest known description of an anemometer ...

, a device that measures how much air is flowing through a tube * AFm phases, or "Alumina, Ferric oxide, monosulfate" phases, in cement chemistry *

Antiferromagnetism In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the magnetic moments of atoms or molecules, usually related to the spins of electrons, align in a regular pattern with neighboring spins (on different sublattices) pointing in opposite directions. ...

, a material property and type of magnetic ordering *

Atomic force microscopy Atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning force microscopy (SFM) is a very-high-resolution type of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), with demonstrated resolution on the order of fractions of a nanometer, more than 1000 times better than the opti ...

, a high-resolution type of scanning probe microscopy * Audio Frequency Modulation, an audio recording standard *

Aircraft flight manual An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a paper book or electronic information set containing information required to operate an aircraft of certain type or particular aircraft of that type (each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraf ...

, a book containing information required to operate an aircraft

Other uses

American Film Market The American Film Market (AFM) is a film industry event held annually in early November. Historically, more than 7,000 people attend the eight-day annual event to network and to sell, finance, and acquire films. Participants come from more than 7 ...

, an annual event for the financing of film production and distribution * ''

Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...

'', a chronicle of medieval Irish history * '' Aquarium Fish Magazine'', a North American monthly magazine * Artificial financial market, an approach in finance and economics to dealing with heterogeneity {{disambig