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Foundational Resources
These resources equip Airmen with information needed to become highly trained, educated, and adaptable to the threats our competitors present, and the significant role every Airman plays for the mission to be successful.
Air Force Memorial in Washington DC
AFDP-1
Enlisted Force Structure
The “Brown Book”
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The “Blue Book”
The Joint Team Guide
The “Purple Book”
Airmen in formation
Building on The Enlisted Force Structure, The "Brown Book," which provides Airmen a roadmap of future roles and responsibilities, Prepping the Line is an initiative to help guide and prepare Airmen for their new roles and to be force multipliers for the Air Force and their units. The Air Force Job Qualification Standard’s (AFJQS) below offer a framework of tangible tasks that measure an Airman's ability to effectively serve in front line leadership roles in the United States Air Force as well as to represent the USAF in Joint Positions. It will bridge the gap between Enlisted Professional Military Education (PME) and on the job experience, allowing for individuals stepping into these new roles to develop some key skills, knowledge, and abilities prior and during the assumption of responsibilities
Supervisor JQS
NCOIC / Section Chief JQS
Flight Chief JQS
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Doctrine Speaks
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.” Core themes to the revised Air Force Doctrine Publication-1: The Air Force are the foundation and evolution of airpower and the concept of mission command. (U.S. Air Force Video by Billy Blankenship )
AFDP-1: The Air Force
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass talks about who we are as United States Air Force airmen and how those values are foundational to Air Force Doctrine Publication-1. For more information, to include the full AFDP-1, visit https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/News/Display/Article/2581653/air-force-rewrites-basic-doctrine-focuses-on-mission-command-airpower-evolution/. (U.S. Air Force video by Billy Blankenship)
AFDP-1: Who We Are
Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella Jr., the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the Air Force, talks about airpower, a fundamental topic within Air Force Doctrine Publication 1: The Air Force. For more information, to include the full AFDP-1, visit https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/News/Display/Article/2581653/air-force-rewrites-basic-doctrine-focuses-on-mission-command-airpower-evolution/. (U.S. Air Force video by Billy Blankenship)
AFDP-1: What We Do
Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella Jr., the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the Air Force, talks about the tenets of airpower, a fundamental topic within Air Force Doctrine Publication 1: The Air Force. For more information, to include the full AFDP-1, visit https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/News/Display/Article/2581653/air-force-rewrites-basic-doctrine-focuses-on-mission-command-airpower-evolution/. (U.S. Air Force video by Billy Blankenship)
AFDP-1: How We Do It
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., talks about why we fight, a fundamental topic within Air Force Doctrine Publication 1: The Air Force. For more information, to include the full AFDP-1, visit https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/.../air-force-rewrites.../. (U.S. Air Force video by Billy Blankenship)
AFDP-1: Why We Fight
Policy Updates
Policy Updates. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)
The People-focused Policy Updates page is a one-stop-shop and ever-growing resource for all Airmen to find the latest policy articles, guidance and letters from the Department of the Air Force's senior leadership including the SECAF, CSAF and CMSAF..