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AFI 10-217

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MANAGEMENT OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONAL TRAINING AND UNDERGRADUATE AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEMS

Reviewed by Guilherme Correia, active-duty U.S. Air Force

AFI 10-217, "MANAGEMENT OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONAL TRAINING AND UNDERGRADUATE AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEMS", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated December 22, 2023.

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December 22, 2023

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AFI 10-217 — index record

NumberAFI 10-217
TitleMANAGEMENT OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONAL TRAINING AND UNDERGRADUATE AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEMS
PublishedDecember 22, 2023
Certified currentDecember 22, 2023
Office of primary responsibilityAF/A3
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This instruction provides guidance, identifies organizational responsibilities, and describes processes for managing USAF operational training systems and undergraduate aircrew training systems.

Summary of changes, as printed

This document has been revised and needs to be completely reviewed. It supersedes AFI16-1007; 1 October 2019. This revision reflects the activation of USSF as a service and removes the space mission from the USAF; standardizes USAF to denote the Air Force service IAW Department of the Air Force Manual (DAFMAN) 90-161, Publications Processes and Procedures. Tiering and compliance statements are IAW Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force recommendations. It includes new or modified guidance on operational training, operational training and undergraduate aircrew training systems, training system responsibilities and management, and reporting on training systems. Changes include a category for Synthetic Environment certification, institutes standards and criteria for capturing simulator utilization data (see attachment 4), and includes unclassified threat matrix framework (TMF) information (see attachment 6).

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—GENERAL INFORMATIONp. 4
  2. Chapter 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 6
  3. Chapter 3—PLANNING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTSp. 17
  4. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 18
  5. Attachment 2—TRAINING SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ANALYSISp. 28
  6. Attachment 3—SYSTEM TRAINING PLANp. 30
  7. Attachment 4—TRAINING SYSTEM METRICSp. 37
  8. Attachment 6—THREAT MATRIX FRAMEWORK (TMF)p. 42
All 25 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—GENERAL INFORMATIONp. 4
  2. 1.1. Purposep. 4
  3. 1.2. Scopep. 4
  4. 1.3. Operational Training Conceptsp. 4
  5. Chapter 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 6
  6. 2.3. Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs (SAF/IA):p. 6
  7. 2.4. Department of the Air Force Chief Information Officer (SAF/CN):p. 6
  8. 2.7. Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel, and Services (AF/A1):p. 6
  9. 2.9. Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (AF/A3) will:p. 6
  10. 2.10. Chief, Operational Training Infrastructure Division (AF/A3TI) will:p. 7
  11. 2.11. Commander, Air Force Modeling and Simulation Agency (AFAMS) will:p. 8
  12. 2.12. Lead Commands Will:p. 8
  13. 2.13. Using Commands will:p. 13
  14. 2.15. Training Planning Team (TPT) will:p. 15
  15. 2.16. Training System Support Center (TSSC)p. 16
  16. 2.17. Host Unitp. 16
  17. Chapter 3—PLANNING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTSp. 17
  18. 3.1. Advocacyp. 17
  19. 3.2. Planningp. 17
  20. 3.3. Reportingp. 17
  21. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 18
  22. Attachment 2—TRAINING SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ANALYSISp. 28
  23. Attachment 3—SYSTEM TRAINING PLANp. 30
  24. Attachment 4—TRAINING SYSTEM METRICSp. 37
  25. Attachment 6—THREAT MATRIX FRAMEWORK (TMF)p. 42

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