HEADQUARTERS  OS  AIR  FORCE  INOI  55-1 
Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence 
Washington  DC  20330  3  November  1981 
Operations 
AF/IN-AFIS  PARTICIPATION  IN  JCS  COMMAND  POST  EXERCISES  (CPXs) 
This  INOI  establishes  policy,  responsibilities,  and  procedures  for  AF/IN-AFIS 
planning  and  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  HQ  USAF  Contingency  Support  Staff  (CSS) . 
b.  HOI  55-4,  HQ  USAF  Participation  in  JCS-sponsored  Command  Post  Exercises 
(CPXs) . 
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  Cowand  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  HQ  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. 
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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.
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e.  AF/IN-AFIS  staff  elencn;  -  >i -cignated  as  task  organizations  are  the  same 
as  indicated  in  INOI  55-4. 
f .  Individuals  designated  as  COP  AF/IN-AFIS  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  Force  Special  Activities  Center  (AFSAC) . 
4.  Responsibilities  and  Procedures  of  the  Task  Organizations.  Task  organizations 
wills 
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,  HQ  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  la^ts  11  Hays.  The  regional  exercise  normally  lasts  5  days. 
5.  Responsibilities  and  Procedures  of  the  Aerospace  Intelligence  Division 
(AFIS/IHOZ) .   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.
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6.  Responsibilities  of  the  Target  Intelligence  Division  (APZS/mOT) .  AFIS/INOT 
will  provide  target  planning  and  otner  support  as  required  to  AF/IN-AFIS  CSS  and 
COP  teams. 
7.  Responsibilities  of  Air  Porce  Special  Activities  Center  (APSAC).  APSAC  will 
provide  two  administrative  NCOs  in  support  of  the  CSS. 
8.  Responsibilities  of  the  Directorate  of  Estimates  (AF/IHE) .  AP/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/XNY) .  The  Plans  Division  (AF/INYX)  will  be  the  OPR  for  preparation 
and  coordination  of  JCS  HQ  OSAF  Exercise  Plans  (EXPLAN s)  and  annexes  thereto,  and 
will  provide  the  Exercise  Project  Officer  for  all  JCS  CPXs.  The  AP/IN-APIS 
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) . 
d.  Provide  assistance  to  the  Air  Staff  in  preparation  of  the  HQ  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 (DISUMs) ,  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  CPXs. 
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,  OSAF 
Asst  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence 
JACK  MORRIS,  Colonel,  OSAF 
Exec  to  ACS,  Intelligence