Gathers information, packages and disseminates electronic and printed news and information products during wartime and peacetime. Also runs the Air Force Hotline and provides electronic news and information via Air Force Link, the official Air Force Web site. The Air Force's major investigative service since Aug. 1, 1948. It reports to the Office of the Inspector General of the Air Force. It provides investigative services to commanders of all Air Force activities.
Primary responsibilities are criminal investigative and counterintelligence services.
The organization seeks to identify, investigate and neutralize espionage, terrorism, fraud and other major criminal activities that may threaten Air Force and DOD resources. And it serves as the DOD executive agent for the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory and the Defense Computer Investigations Training Program. Responsible for the Headquarters, U.S. Air Force Operations Center, Air Force Emergency Operations Center, the chief of staff presentation team and the president's operational weather forecasters. Formulates Air Force position on Joint Chiefs of Staff actions relating to crisis management and the deployment and redeployment of forces. Develops policy and procedures for command post operation and manning.