LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education The Curtis E . LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ( LeMay Center ) , with headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama , was a Direct Reporting Unit ( DRU ) to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force . The unit , formerly known as the Air Force Doctrine Center ( AFDC ) , was established on 24 February 1997 as a DRU , and is the single voice for all doctrinal matters within the United States Air Force and to the joint community . AFDC was inactived and its mission merged with the College for Aerospace Doctrine , Research and Education Center to form the LeMay Center under Air University in 2007 . History . In August 1996 , the Air Force Chief of Staff consolidated all Air Force doctrine development under a single authority , the Air Force Doctrine Center . To emphasize the importance of doctrinal issues , General Ronald E . Fogleman established AFDC as a direct reporting unit reporting directly to him . General Fogelman saw the growing importance of joint warfighting , the need to increase the Air Force ' s understanding of airpower doctrine , and the importance of a single and very clear voice for the Air Force on all doctrine matters . Major General Ronald E . Keys , the first AFDC commander , set up the new center at Maxwell AFB , Alabama , with several operating locations . He assumed command in February 1997 and produced Air Force Doctrine Document 1 , " Air Force Basic Doctrine , " in September 1997 . Since its establishment , the center has developed over 33 doctrine documents that describe key warfighting , support , and organizational concepts for the employment of air , space , and cyberspace forces . The center has also been central in advocating the proper representation of airpower in joint exercises , wargames , and simulations . Operations . The center researches , develops , and produces Air Force basic and operational doctrine , as well as joint and multinational doctrine . It coordinates with the major commands on their development of tactical doctrine , and assists other Services ' doctrinal development efforts . The LeMay Center is responsible for reviewing the application of doctrine education in the continuum of education for all Air Force personnel , and is an advocate for the doctrinally correct representation of air , space , and cyberspace power in key Air Force , other Service , and joint exercises and experiments . The center participates in Air Force and other Services ' joint wargames and key exercises to ensure scenarios provide a realistic depiction of the uses and impact of airpower . It also examines , explores , and advocates methods to better use modeling and simulation to support realistic training , exercises , and studies . The center provides research assistance to doctrine development and education , and collects and maintains inputs for Air Force " lessons learned " which arise from operations and exercises . The center participates in developing and investigating future operational concepts , technologies , and strategies . Lineage and Honors . Major General David S . Fadok commands the LeMay Center . He is also the Vice Commander of Air University and reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force for matters pertaining to doctrine . The center has a staff of over 300 active - duty members , reservists , military civilians , and contractors . The organization consists of five directorates at the headquarters ; an air staff liaison at the Pentagon ; three operating locations at major Army training centers , and an operating location at Nellis AFB , Nevada . Directorates and Operating Locations . The Doctrine Development Directorate researches , develops and produces Air Force basic and operational doctrine , as well as joint and multinational doctrine , spanning the full range of military operations . The directorate coordinates with the major commands on their development of tactical doctrine , and assists other Services ' doctrinal development efforts . It conducts historical research to support doctrine development and service positions , and participates in developing and investigating future operational concepts , technologies , and strategies . The directorate also maintains awareness of future Air Force planning and establishes policy for executing the development of Air Force doctrine . The directorate consists of two subdirectorates : one that researches , produces , and disseminates Air Force doctrine , and one that represents the center and provides Air Force doctrinal advocacy in the joint arena . The latter also provides interface and liaison with other services ' doctrine development activities and the Joint Warfighting Center , and participates in joint doctrine development . The Warfighting Applications Directorate maintains a doctrinally smart wargaming staff to conduct Professional Military Education ( PME ) wargames for Air University along with Title 10 and other wargames for the Air Force , and to maintain a state - of - the - art wargaming facility . Wargaming is used at Air University ( AU ) as a means of applying and reinforcing strategic , operational and tactical doctrine - based warfighting principles taught in officer and enlisted PME programs . Wargaming at AU also supports scenarios with a broader joint focus that contribute to the Process of Accreditation of Joint Education requirements , as well as supporting several foreign partners with wargames tailored for their particular learning objectives . Our main focus is Educational Wargaming which is defined as a simulation , conducted to satisfy defined educational objectives , of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules , data , and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real life situation . The Warfighting Education Directorate advocates and deploys timely and focused airpower doctrine , and provides support to the CSAF Mentor program . The directorate develops and implements doctrine - specific education for Air Force senior officers and senior mentors , and develops and provides professional continuing education to selected Air Force warfighters in preparation for their participation in wargames and exercises . The directorate offers doctrine - based resident and online courses to address Warfighters ' needs throughout their careers . It also manages and executes a doctrine education plan for all Air Force officers , enlisted , and civilian personnel and provides doctrinal basics to Air Force professional military education and accessions instructors and all Air Force instructors at sister service schools . As part of its doctrine outreach effort , the directorate provides speakers to lecture on doctrine related topics . The Intelligence Directorate provides intelligence , surveillance and reconnaissance ( ISR ) support and subject matter expertise for Air University ( AU ) and LeMay Center doctrine , education , and wargaming missions . It also operates the AU Special Security Office ( SSO ) . The Director serves as the Senior Intelligence Officer for AU . The ISR Applications Division develops and coordinates Joint and Air Force ISR doctrine in support of the Doctrine Development Directorate as well as provides scenarios / controllers , opposing forces expertise , and ISR education to wargames . The ISR Education Division prepares ISR curricula and provides instruction / expertise for AU across the joint air , space and cyberspace domains . The Security Division serves as the SSO , and manages the AU Sensitive Compartmented Information program . The Intelligence Directorate is supported by a team of senior Individual Mobilization Augmentees . The Joint And Air Staff Liaisons provide the connection between the center , the Joint Staff , the Air Staff , and the Office of the Secretary of Defense on doctrine and related issues . They advocate the doctrinally correct representation of airpower in publications , models , and exercises , and oversees the Air and Joint Staff doctrine review processes . They are the conduit with congressional staff offices for the correct representation of aerospace power in national security matters . The liaisons also monitor the timely completion of all Air Staff and Joint Staff actions tasked to the center , formulate and implement policy related to Air Force terminology , and provide overall direction , management and implementation of the Air Force Military Terminology Standardization Program . Stations . Army and Air Force operating locations provide U . S . Air Force representation to the activity assigned or attached on aerospace power doctrine , organization , mission , equipment capabilities , tactics and procedures . These locations advise the applicable commander and staff on all matters pertaining to the Air Force to include doctrine and concepts , and are responsible for the resident and non - resident instruction with associated instructional materials of Air Force doctrine , organization and concepts of operations . The staff at the operating locations provides coordination , liaison , and technical expertise and ensures service interoperability by providing the Air Force position on joint warfighting programs . They coordinate on air support for training , exercises and demonstrations , and review joint Air Force / Army draft publications . They prepares articles on Air Force doctrine and issues for publication in Army journals and serve as the on - site , local liaison with Army Battle Labs , combat development agencies and other Army organizations . Operating Locations :