| Branch | U.S. Air Force |
| Series | AFI |
| Publication date | 2023-09-06 (3.0 years ago) |
| Status | Current |
| Proponent / OPR | AF/A3 |
| Source of record | AF e-Publishing |
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This instruction provides guidance and procedures for the planning, execution, and assessment of the United States Air Force (USAF) exercise program. Exercises validate USAF aviation, cyber, informational warfare, electronic warfare, logistics, tactical and operational command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) forces’ ability to execute presidentially ordered CCDR Unified Command Plan (UCP) missions. As directed by the CSAF’s Operational Training and Test Infrastructure Flight Plan 2035, exercises prepare USAF forces for deployments and combat operations when allocated by the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) as approved in the Secretary of Defense Orders Book (SDOB) and ordered in the Global Force Management Allocation Plan (GFMAP). Exercises area critical component of readiness training and assessment.
This document has been revised and should be completely reviewed. The revision standardizes “USAF” to denote the Air Force service in accordance with DAFMAN 90-161. It reflects the establishment of USSF as a service and removes the space mission from the USAF. Included are updates to office symbols and titles in accordance with current organizations. This version reflects changes in exercise management through the ECWG and the Master Exercise Calendar (MEC) and removes the requirement for the MEC Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). It updates terminology and exercise oversight objectives from Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s (CSAF) Operational Training and Test Infrastructure 2035 Flight Plan. This document expands the scope to add USAF service exercises, in addition to Joint Exercise Program (JEP) and National Exercise Program (NEP), policy and guidance. This revision also removes Attachment 3, Individual Joint Training
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