° HEADQUARTERS US AIR FORCE INOY 55-1 Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence Washington DC 20330 3 November 1981 Operations AP/IR-APIS PARTICIPATION IN JCS COMMAND POST EXERCISES (CPXs) This INOI establishes policy, responsibilities, and procedures for AF/IN-AFIS Planning anc participation in JCS Command Post Exercises (CPXs). It applies to all AF/IN activities, and to AFIS activities as concurred in by the Commander, AFIS. 1. Reference Material: a. INOI 55-3, AF/IN-AFIS Support of HO USAF Contingency Support Staff (CSS). b. HOI 55-4, HO USAF Participation in JCS-sponsored Command Post Exercises c. INOI 55-4, AF/IN-AFIS Continuity of Operations. d. Continuity of Operations Plan, Air Force Intelligence (COP AF/IN). 2. Policy on AF/IN-AFIS Participation in Command Post Exercises: a. The JCS conducts biannual CPXs. The spring exercise is a worldwide CPX designed to provide experience and exercise appropriate plans and procedures developed for a national crisis situation. The fall exercise is a regionally oriented CPX designed to provide experience and exercise appropriate plans and to test contingency and crisis management procedures. The Air Staff supports both exercises. AF/IN-AFIS provides intelligence planning and player participation. b. AF/IN participation in the worldwide CPX will be limited to those indi- viduals designated as COP AF/IN-AFIS relocatees according to the COP AF/IN and the COP AF/IN-AFIS relocatee roster. Participation in the regional exercise will be limited to individuals assigned to HO USAF CSS teams according to INOI 55-3 and AF/IN-AFIS CSS rosters. c. AFIS participation in JCS CPXs will be as required to support AF/IN tasking as outlined in COP AF/IN and HQ USAF CSS documents, and to meet command readiness and exercise requirements as determined by AFIS/CC. XN d. AF/IN planning efforts will insure that JCS CPXs are as realistic and complete as practicable. Supersedes INOI 55-1, 5 July 1976. No. of Printed Pages: 3 OPR: AF/INYX Distribution: X to AF/IN, INE, INY, INYX; AFIS/CC, INO, INOT, INOZ, INC, IND, INS; AFSAC/INX, and INO.
2 TROI 55-1 3 Bovember 1981 e. AF/IN-AFIS staff elemeni~ i-signated as task organizations are the same as indicated in INOI 55-4. f. Individuals designated as COP AF/IN-APIS relocatees will not be assigned as CSS team members. ; 3. Task Organizations: a. Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (ACS/I). b. Directorate of Estimates (AF/INE). c. Directorate of Intelligence Plans and Systems (AF/INY). d. Commander, Air Force Intelligence Service (AFIS/CC). (1) Directorate of Operational Intelligence (AFIS/INO). (2) Directorate of Soviet Affairs (AFIS/INC). (3) Directorate of Intelligence Data Management (AFIS/IND). (4) Directorate of Security and Communications Management (AFIS/INS) . (5) Air Porce Special Activities Center (APSAC). 4. Responsibilities and Procedures of the Task Organizations. Task organizations will: a. Designate to the Plans Division (AF/INYX) a continuity planning officer who will serve as directorate and division focal point for COP AF/IN-AFIS, HO USAF CSS, and JCS exercise matters. b. Comply with the responsibilities and procedures as defined in INOI 55-4. c. Plan for individuals designated as COP AF/IN-AFIS relocatees or as HQ USAF CSS team members to participate in the entire exercise. The worldwide CPX normally lasts 11 days. The regional exercise normally lasts 5 days. 5. Responsibilities and Procedures of the Aerospace Intelligence Division (APIS/INOZ). AFIS/INOZ: a. Is designated as the AF/IN-AFIS office of primary responsibility (OPR) for crisis management situations. It is responsible for activating the teams when directed and providing operational intelligence support to them once activated. b. Will review and prepare simulated CPX intelligence background scenarios and intelligence inputs as required.
INOoi 55-3 3 November 1981 3 6. Responsibilities of the Target Intelligence Division (APIS/INOT). AFIS/INOT will provide target planning and otner support as required to AF/IN-AFIS CSS and COP teams. 7. Responsibilities of Air Force Special Activities Center (AFSAC). AFSAC will provide two administrative NCOs in support of the CSS. 8. Responsibilities of the Directorate of Estimates (AF/IME). AF/INE will review and prepare simulated CPX intelligence background scenarios and intelligence in- puts as required. 9. Responsibilites and Procedures of the Directorate of Intelligence Plans and Systems (AF/INY). The Plans Division (AF/INYX) will be the OPR for preparation and coordination of JCS HQ USAF Exercise Plans (EXPLANs) and annexes thereto, and will provide the Exercise Project Officer for all JCS CPXs. The AF/IN-AFIS Exercise Project Officer will: a. Supervise AF/IN-AFIS preplanning, play, and critique of JCS CPXs requir- ing Air Force participation. Included is the requirement to keep the ACS/I, deputy ACS/I, and AF/IN Executive advised on the status of a CPX. b. Ensure personnel scheduled to relocate to Fort Ritchie, MD, have the necessary access authority. Supervise other administrative matters as required. c. Serve as AF/IN trusted agent for CPXs and, as such, be the focal point for all matters pertaining to scenario development and Exercise Control Staff In- structions (EXCOSIN). da. Provide assistance to the Air Staff in preparation of the HO USAF EXPLAN and EXCOSIN. e. Brief players and trusted agents on their responsibilities and duties during a CPX, emphasizing the need for realistic exercise response and thoughtful critique. f. Use CPX correspondence files, exercise-related Daily Intelligence Summa- ries (DISUMsS), intelligence logs and player critique to prepare an AF/IN-AFIS critique for the ACS/I. These critiques will form the basis for refinement of future CP%s. 10. Responsibilities of the Senior Officer. The senior officer deployed to relocation will be responsible for the exercise, and for submission of reports and critique items as required by the EXPLAN or the Exercise Project Officer. OFFICIAL JOHN B. MARKS, Major General, USAF Asst Chief of Staff, Intelligence JACK MORRIS, Colonel, USAF Exec to ACS, Intelligence