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DAFMAN 11-415

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WEAPONS AND TACTICS PROGRAMS

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

DAFMAN 11-415, "WEAPONS AND TACTICS PROGRAMS", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated August 1, 2023.

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August 1, 2023

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AF/A3

Headquarters, Department of the Air Force

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DAFMAN 11-415 — index record

NumberDAFMAN 11-415
TitleWEAPONS AND TACTICS PROGRAMS
PublishedAugust 1, 2023
Certified currentAugust 1, 2023
Office of primary responsibilityAF/A3
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionUpdateContact, June 10, 2025
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This chapter identifies the mission of the USAFWS and establishes the core competencies required of all USAFWS graduates. This chapter also identifies the objective requirements a weapon system or combat capability must meet before being proposed as a new course at the USAFWS. All USAFWS courses will produce graduates to meet Tier 1 priority manning. (T-1)

Summary of changes, as printed

This document is substantially revised and must be reviewed in its entirety. Major areas updated include (1) updating United States Air Force Weapons School (USAFWS) Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) to USAFWS Courses or Course to reflect the USAFWS producing WIC and Advanced Instructor Course (AIC) graduates to the DAF, (2) updating procedures to create, modify, or remove a course, (3) clarifying the application process to include waiver authorities and processes during the selection board, (4) expanding guidance in Chapter 5 to cover AIC selection, (5) adjusting scope of Chapter 6 to WIC graduate management, (6) adding Chapter 7, AIC Graduate Management, (7) awarding W prefixes to AIC graduates aligning AIC graduate management with WIC graduate management practices, (8) updating graduate manning standards and tier priorities for WIC and AIC graduates, and (9) updating list of approved courses to include approved changes since last rewrite.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—GENERAL GUIDANCEp. 5
  2. Chapter 2—WEAPONS AND TACTICS SHOP GUIDANCEp. 6
  3. Chapter 3—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 9
  4. Chapter 5—WEAPONS SCHOOL SELECTION PROCESSp. 18
  5. Chapter 6—WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE (WIC) GRADUATE MANAGEMENTp. 28
  6. Chapter 7—ADVANCED INSTRUCTOR COURSE (AIC) GRADUATE MANAGEMENTp. 39
  7. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 46
  8. Attachment 2—TACTICS LIBRARY INDEXp. 54
  9. Attachment 4—WEAPONS SCHOOL PATCHESp. 58
All 42 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—GENERAL GUIDANCEp. 5
  2. 1.1. Objective and Scopep. 5
  3. 1.2. Applicabilityp. 5
  4. 1.3. Graduate Scope of Responsibilityp. 5
  5. Chapter 2—WEAPONS AND TACTICS SHOP GUIDANCEp. 6
  6. 2.1. Overviewp. 6
  7. 2.2. Training Guidancep. 8
  8. 2.3. Tactics Development Programp. 8
  9. 2.4. Tactics Reference Libraryp. 8
  10. Chapter 3—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 9
  11. 3.1. Tactics Leadershipp. 9
  12. 3.2. Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 9
  13. 4.1. Purposep. 14
  14. 4.2. Missionp. 14
  15. 4.3. USAFWS Command and Control (C2)p. 14
  16. 4.4. Established Coursesp. 14
  17. 4.5. USAFWS Course Establishmentp. 15
  18. 4.6. USAFWS Course Cancellation/Termination/Modificationp. 16
  19. Chapter 5—WEAPONS SCHOOL SELECTION PROCESSp. 18
  20. 5.1. Purposep. 18
  21. 5.2. Selection Board Responsibilitiesp. 18
  22. 5.3. Nomination Criteriap. 19
  23. 5.4. Submitting Selection Board Nomination Packagesp. 20
  24. 5.5. Selection Boardp. 21
  25. 5.6. Selectsp. 23
  26. 5.7. Waiversp. 25
  27. Chapter 6—WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE (WIC) GRADUATE MANAGEMENTp. 28
  28. 6.1. Purposep. 28
  29. 6.2. USAFWS Graduate Patch/Badge/Insigniap. 28
  30. 6.3. W-prefix/SEI Managementp. 28
  31. 6.4. Weapons School Manningp. 29
  32. 6.5. W-prefix/SEI Utilizationp. 29
  33. 6.6. W-prefix/ SEI Manningp. 33
  34. 6.7. Weapons School Responsibilitiesp. 38
  35. Chapter 7—ADVANCED INSTRUCTOR COURSE (AIC) GRADUATE MANAGEMENTp. 39
  36. 7.1. Purposep. 39
  37. 7.2. USAFWS AIC Graduate Patch/Badge/Insigniap. 39
  38. 7.3. Weapons School Manningp. 39
  39. 7.4. AIC Graduate Managementp. 39
  40. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 46
  41. Attachment 2—TACTICS LIBRARY INDEXp. 54
  42. Attachment 4—WEAPONS SCHOOL PATCHESp. 58

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