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AFI 10-217 — Management Of Air Force Operational Training And Undergraduate Aircrew Training Systems

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BranchU.S. Air Force
SeriesAFI
Publication date2023-12-22 (2.7 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRAF/A3
Source of recordAF e-Publishing

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What this publication covers

This instruction provides guidance, identifies organizational responsibilities, and describes processes for managing USAF operational training systems and undergraduate aircrew training systems.

What changed in this edition

This document has been revised and needs to be completely reviewed. It supersedes AFI16-1007; 1 October 2019. This revision reflects the activation of USSF as a service and removes the space mission from the USAF; standardizes USAF to denote the Air Force service IAW Department of the Air Force Manual (DAFMAN) 90-161, Publications Processes and Procedures. Tiering and compliance statements are IAW Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force recommendations. It includes new or modified guidance on operational training, operational training and undergraduate aircrew training systems, training system responsibilities and management, and reporting on training systems. Changes include a category for Synthetic Environment certification, inst itutes standards and criteria for capturing simulator utilization data (see attachment 4), and includes unclassified threat matrix framework (TMF) information (see attachment 6)

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If AFI 10-217 changes, who else is affected

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Flying Operations1DAFMAN 11-402
Safety1DAFMAN 91-203

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