DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  AIR  FORCE 
Headquarters  US  Air  Force 
Washington  DC  20330 
AF  REGULATION  200- 1 
14  June  1984 
Intelligence 
AIR  FORCE  INTELLIGENCE  MISSION  AND  RESPONSIBILITIES 
This  regulation  establishes  the  authority  for  and  defines  the  US  Air  Force  foreign  intelligence  mission,  it  prescribes  the 
responsibilities  for  accomplishing  that  mission  and  applies  to  all  US  Air  Force  elements  that  may  provide  or  use  foreign 
intelligence.  It  does  not  apply  to  counterintelligence  activities  of  the  Air  Force  Office  of  Special  Investigations.-: 
I.  References: 
a.  Executive  Order  12333,  US  Intelligence  Ac- 
tivities (U). 
b.  National  Intelligence  Topics  (NIT)(S/NF). 
c.  Attachment  to  Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
Directive  (DCID)  1/2,  US  Foreign  Intelligence  Re- 
quirements  Categories  and  Priorities  (S/NF). 
d.  Department  of  Defense  (DOD)  Directive 
5100.  K  Functions  of  the  Department  of  Defense  and 
its  Major  Components  (C). 
e.  DOD  Defense  Guidance  (S/NF). 
f.  Defense  Wide  Intelligence  Plan  (DWIP) 
(S/NF). 
g.  JCS  Publication  I,  DOD  Dictionary  of  Military 
and  Associated  Terms  (U). 
h.  JCS  Intelligence  Priorities  for  Strategic  Plan- 
ning (IPSPXS/NF). 
i.  JCS  Unified  Command  Plan  (UCP)(U). 
j.  DIA  57-series  directives  on  intelligence  produc- 
tion (classification  varies). 
k.  DIA  58-series  directives  on  intelligence  collec- 
tion (classification  varies). 
1.  DIAM  75- 1,  Scientific  and  Technical  Intelli- 
gence Production  (C). 
m.  AFM  1- 1 .  Functions  and  Basic  Doctrine  of  the 
United  States  Air  Force  (U). 
NOTE:  If  the  above  publications  are  not  available, 
users  of  this  publication  may  obtain  copies  from  HQ 
USAF/INYX. 
2.  Terms  Defined.  See  reference  Ig. 
3.  Intelligence  Mission.  The  Air  Force  Intelligence 
mission  is  derived  from  the  authority  in  references  la 
and  Id  and  is  designated  by  reference  1  m  as  a  primary 
US  Air  Force  function  required  to  support  Air  Force 
Supersedes  AFR  200-  i ,  17  May  197! .  (See  signature 
page  for  summary  of  changes.) 
No.  of  Printed  Pages:  6 
OPR:  INYX  (Maj  W.  L.  Helfenstein) 
Approved  by:  Col  James  R.  Clapper,  Jr. 
Distribution:  F 
missions  and  tasks.  The  US  Air  Force  Intelligence 
mission  is  to  provide  information  and  intelligence  on 
foreign  military  and  military-related  capabilities,  in- 
tentions, and  activities  to  those  responsible  for 
a.  Developing  and  implementing  national  security 
policy. 
b.  Structuring,  posturing,  and  employing  military 
forces. 
4.  Priorities: 
a.  General.  The  priorities  for  intelligence  support 
to  users  may  vary  with  the  international  situation  and 
the  mission,  echelon,  structure,  and  capabilities  of 
both  users  and  supporting  intelligence  systems.  The 
general  priorities  of  US  Air  Force  Intelligence  are  to: 
(1)  Provide  intelligence  that  could  cause  the 
National  Command  Authorities  (NCA)  to  signifi- 
cantly alter  national  security  policy  or  take  urgent 
international  action  to  defend  US  national  interests. 
(2)  Prepare  for  supporting  wartime  requirements 
and  provide  combat  intelligence  to  operational  com- 
mands during  conflict. 
(3)  Provide  intelligence  for  research,  develop- 
ment, testing,  evaluation,  and  acquisition  of  US 
aerospace  forces. 
(4)  Provide  other  intelligence  support  as  re- 
quired. 
b.  Substantive.  Priorities  for  substantive  intelli- 
gence, to  guide  the  development  and  operation  of  in- 
telligence acquisition,  production,  application  and 
sustaining  capabilities,  are  in  references  lb,  Ic,  le. 
If,  and  Ih.  These  requirements  must  be  supplemented 
by  user  needs  for  peacetime  and  combat  intelligence 
unique  to  specific  commands  and  agencies. 
c.  Areas  of  Influence  and  Interest.  US  Air  Force 
intelligence  elements  tasked  to  operate  within  com- 
mand geographical  areas  of  responsibility  assigned  by 
reference  I  i  will: 
(I)  Concentrate  their  intelligence  coverage  of 
military  activities  and  capabilities  within  the  com- 
mand's operational  Area  of  Influence.  This  area  is 
that  environment  over  which  command  and  allied 
weapon  systems  have  the:  range;  firepower;  com-
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loads,  fuzing,  aim  points,  and  delivery  parameters  fox, 
a  given  type  target*  probability  of  damage,  and  deliv- 
ery vehicle;  producing,  maintaining,  and  issuing 
target  materials  and  radar  predictions;  providing  maps, 
and  charts  to  support  mission  planning  and  execution; 
and  producing  damage  expectancy  analyses  and  as- 
sessments of  the  impac;  of  combat  operations  on 
foreign  military  capabilities  and  intentions. 
(e)  Electronic  combat  (EC)  intelligence  which 
supports:  electronic  warfare  (EW);  command,  control, 
and  communications  counter-measures  (C?CM);  and 
suppression  of  enemy  air  defenses  (SEAD).  This  re- 
sponsibility includes  providing:  collection  and 
analysis  of  electronic  signals  for  EW  reprogramraing, 
range  simulator  validation,  jamming  and  deception 
operations,  and  EW  C?CM  data  bases;  substantive, 
intelligence  analysis  and  reporting  of  foreign  EC 
philosophies  and  capabilities  to  support  aircrew  and 
C3  systems  operator  training  and  the  development  of 
US  EC  strategy  and  tactics;  EC  threat  data  for  US  Air 
Force  weapons  acquisition;  and  development  of  EC 
plans,  programs,  and  related  activities,  to  include  . 
coordination  of  C?CM  operations  to  ensure  survivar 
bility  of  essential  intelligence  sources  and  methods. 
(0  Threat  awareness  orientation  and  motiva- 
tion training  for  all  US  Air  Force  personnel. 
(g)  Training*  material  aids,  and  support  serv- 
ices to  prepare  and  assist  operators  of  weapon  systems 
to: 
/.  Survive,  evade,  resist,  escape,  and  be. 
recovered  or  rescued  from  a  threatening  environment. 
2.  Recognize,  and  understand  the 
capabilities,  vulnerabilities,  and  employment  tactics 
of  foreign  military  forces. 
3.  Plaa  for  and  execute  combat  missions. 
Support  includes  the  delivery  of  premission  briefings, 
maps  and  charts,  target  materials,  defense  analysis, 
mission  planning  assistance,  and  post-mission  de- 
briefings*. 
(h)  Assistance  in  the  interpretation  and  appli- 
cation of  US  National  Disclosure  Policy. 
g.  Sustaining  Functions.  To  support  the  intelli- 
gence operating  functions  of  acquisition,  production, 
and  application,  US  Air  Force  Intelligence  is  respon- 
sible for  conducting  these  sustaining  functions: 
(1)  InfonnationiSystems*  Developing  and  using 
suxvivaWe  information  systems  to  collect,  process, 
exploifc,  transfer,  manipulate,  store,  and  display  in- 
fonnsfoa  and  intelligence.  These  systems  will  be  in- 
teroperablewithin  the  Air  Force,  DOD,  other  gov- 
ernment agencies  and  allied  nations,  consistent  with  • 
security  and  privacy  requirements. 
(2)  Manpower,  Personnel,  and  Training.  .Pro- 
viding for  manning.;  training,  career  development, 
and  recognition  of  intelligence  personnel  required  for 
acquisition,  production,  application,  and  sustaining 
functions  of  intelligence  systems.  This  responsibility 
includes  actions  to  train  and  integrate  intelligence  re- 
serve forces  within  total  US  Air  Force  Intelligence 
capabilities. 
(3)  Research,  Development  and  Acquisition 
(RD&A).  Monitoring  RD&A  developments  which 
impact  both  military  C*  and  weapon  system 
capabilities  of  users*  and  the  acquisition,  production, 
and  application  capabilities  of  intelligence  systems. 
This  responsibility  includes  establishing  requirements 
to  be  satisfied  through  RD&A  activities,  tasking  re- 
source management  actions  to  obtain  required  intelli- 
gence capabilities,  and  translating  RD&A  devel- 
opments into  new  or  revised  requirements  for  intelli- 
gence. 
(4)  Security.  Managing  ail  Sensitive  Com- 
partmented  Information  (SCI)  intelligence  security 
functions  according  to  DOD  Regulations  DOD 
5200.IR/AFR  205-1  and  DOD  520O.2R/AFR 
205-32.  This  responsibility  includes  managing  the: 
SCI  security  system,  which  includes  the  Air  Force 
Special  Security  Office  (AFSSO)  system;  US  Air 
Force  implementation  of  national  SCI  security  policy 
through  administrative,  communications/TEMPEST. 
personnel,  and  physical  security  programs;  US  Air 
Force  portion  of  the  Defense  Special  Security  Com- 
munications System  (DSSCS);  release  of  SCI  intelli- 
gence to  US  contractors  and  special  category  infor- 
mation to  the  US  Air  Force  SCI  system;  and  interac- 
tion with  Intelligence  Community  agencies  and  mili- 
tary departments  on  national  level  SCI  issues. 
(5)  Other.  Providing  for  administrative, 
graphic,  and  logistical  support  to  operating  and  sus- 
taining functions. 
h.  Intelligence  Management.  US  Air  Force  In- 
telligence managers  are  responsible  for  planning,  or- 
ganizing, directing,  and  controlling  actions  to  ensure 
adequate  active  and  reserve  intelligence  force  struc- 
turing, posturing  and  employment  to  cany  out  re- 
sponsibilities addressed  in  this  regulation.  These  re- 
sponsibilities, requiring  aggressive  US  Air  Force  In- 
telligence leadership,  include  managing: 
(1)  Information  acquisition  activities  according 
to  reference  Ik. 
(2)  Production  activities  according  to  references 
Ijand  11. 
(3)  Planning,  programming  and  budgeting  for 
intelligence  resources  according  to  guidance  from  the 
National  Foreign  Intelligence  Program.  US  Air  Force 
portion  of  the  DOD  PPBS.  and  command  initiatives 
which  provide  required  US  Air  Force  intelligence 
capability. 
(4)  Planning  for  the  deployment  and  employ-
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ment  of  intelligence  systems  during  contingencies, 
crises,  and  wartime. 
(5)  Provision  for  representation  of  US  Air  Force 
Intelligence  resource  needs  and  substantive  intelli- 
gence interests  on  committees,  subcommittees, 
working  groups,  panels  and  boards  within  the  US  In- 
telligence Community,  DOD,  service,  joint,  and  in- 
ternational forums;  includes  the  negotiation,  conclu- 
sion, and  maintenance  of  intelligence  agreements 
with  other  US  Air  Force.  US,  and  foreign  organiza- 
tions. 
(6)  Inspection  and  evaluation  of  intelligence 
capabilities  and  procedures  to  identify  deficiencies, 
and  management  of  actions  to  correct  the  deficien- 
cies. 
6,  Specific  Responsibilities: 
a.  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence  (ACS/I), 
HQ  USAF  Responsibilities.  The  ACS/I  is  desig- 
nated by  reference  la  as  a  Senior  Official  of  the  Intel- 
ligence Community  responsible  for  specific  foreign 
intelligence  responsibilities  defined  in  the  executive 
order.  The  ACS/I  is  responsible  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Air  Force  and  the  Chief  of  Staff.  USAF,  for  en- 
suring the  successful  execution  of  the  US  Air  Force 
Intelligence  mission  and  responsibilities.  The  ACS/I 
provides  functional  management  through  the  chiefs  of 
intelligence  of  the  MAJCOMs.  SOAs,  and  DRUs. 
The  ACS/I  is  specifically  responsible  for. 
(1)  Formulating  basic  policy  and  providing 
guidance  for  developing,  acquiring,  organizing,  and 
sustaining  all  US  Air  Force  intelligence  systems  and 
capabilities.  This  responsibility  includes: 
(a)  Providing  direction  for  submitting  the  US 
Air  Force  National  Foreign  Intelligence  Program,  the 
Tactical  Intelligence  and  Related  Activities  Program, 
and  other  programs  under  the  functional  direction  of 
the  ACS/I. 
(b)  Allocating  approved  resources  to  US  Air 
Force  Intelligence  elements  and  analyzing  resource 
needs  and  expenditures. 
(c)  Functionally  managing  all  US  Air  Force 
intelligence  force  management  functions  and  re- 
quirements, to  include  career  development,  man- 
power, training,  and  personnel  experience  distribu- 
tion policy - 
(2)  Providing  functional  management  of  all  US 
Air  Force  Intelligence  to  ensure  the  effective  and  effi- 
cient  application  of  intelligence  capabilities.  This  in- 
cludes direct  tasking  and  policy  guidance  to: 
(a)  The  Foreign  Technology  Division  (FTD) 
Air  Force  Systems  Command  ( AFSC). 
(b)  The  Air  Force  Intelligence  Service 
(AFIS).  which  includes  HUMINT  activities  of  the  Air 
Force  Special  Activities  Center  (AFSAC)  and  service 
SCI  security  management. 
(3)  Developing  intelligence  aspects  of  US  Air 
Force  mission,  doctrine,  strategy,  tactics,  plans,  and 
programs. 
(4)  Ensuring  the  US  Air  Force  exploits  its 
unique  aerospace  operating  capabilities*  to;  ^provide 
service,  interservice,  and  national  level  intelligence 
support. 
(5)  Serving  as  the  US  Air  Force  principal  point 
of  contact  for  MC&G  and  Air  Target  Materials  mat- 
ters by  authority  of  the  4  December  1972  Secretary  of 
the  Air  Force  Memorandum  on  MC&G.  This  includes 
developing  overall  US  Air  Force  policy,  plans,  and 
requirements  for  MC&G  and  Air  Target  Materials. 
(6)  Representing  US,  DOD,  or  US  Air  Force 
interests  on  international,  national,  departmental,  in- 
teragency, and  command  committees,  boards,  panels, 
and  working  groups. 
(7)  Providing  substantive  intelligence  to  users, 
as  defined  in  paragraph  5,  and  participating  in  the  US 
Intelligence  Community's  requirements  generation 
process. 
(8)  Ensuring  compliance  by  all  US  Air  Force 
Intelligence  activities  with  reference  la  restrictions. 
(9)  Pursuing  effective  joint  and  combined  intel- 
ligence operations  and  mutual  support  with  other  US 
military  services,  defense  agencies,  and  friendly 
foreign  counterparts. 
(10)  Monitoring  deficiencies  of  US  Air  Force 
Intelligence  activities  identified  during  inspections 
and  exercises,  and  ensuring  their  correction. 
(11)  Serving  as  the  JCS  Executive  Agent  for 
evasion  and  escape  responsibilities  and  as  the  US  Air 
Force  office  of  primary  responsibility  (OPR)  for  all 
prisoner  of  war  (PW)  matters.  Serving  as  the  DOD 
Executive  Agent  for  the  Code  of  Conduct  Program 
and  US  Air  Force  OPR  for  intelligence  support  to  the 
peacetime  hostage  survival  program. 
b.  Other  HQ  USAF  Staff  Responsibilities.  Air 
Staff  offices  outside  the  HQ  USAF/IN  staff  which 
manage  activities  or  functions  that  may  impact  the  Air 
Force  Intelligence  mission  will  keep  the  ACS/I  fully 
informed  of  such  activities  and  functions. 
c.  MAJCOM,  SOA,  and  DRU  Responsibilities: 
( 1 )  Intelligence  is  an  integral  part  of  the  US  Air 
Force  mission  and  a  responsibility  of  all  commands. 
Accordingly,  each  commander  will: 
(a)  Allocate  sufficient  resources  to  satisfy 
command  requirements  for  intelligence. 
(b)  Ensure  command  intelligence  activities 
are  informed  of  key  planning,  programming,  and  op- 
erational activities  that  could  impact  the  intelligence 
mission. 
(c)  Use  information  and  intelligence  properly 
to  fulfill  command  needs. 
(2)  MAJCOM.  SOA.  and  DRU  chiefs  of  intelli- 
gence will:
(a)  Communicate  directly  with  the  ACS/I  on 
intelligence  matters  of  Air  Force  interest  or  responsi- 
bility. 
BY  ORDER  OF  THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE  AIR  FORCE 
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(b)  Ensure  performance  of  intelligence  re- 
sponsibilities addressed  in  paragraph  5. 
OFFICIAL 
CHARLES  A.  GABRIEL,  Genera!,  USAF 
Chief  of  Staff 
JAMES  H.  DELANEY,  Colonel,  USAF 
Director  of  Administration 
S  UMM AR  Y  OF  CHANGES 
This  revision:  expands  coverage  of  mission  and  responsibilities  from  HQ  USAF  elements  to  all  service  intelligence 
activities,  excluding  OSI;  updates  key  references;  provides  general  operating  priorities;  and  specifies  the  relationship 
between  US  Air  Force  Intelligence  and  users  of  intelligence. 
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