AFDP 1 ·Air Force ·2019 The Air Force
Air Force doctrine is the extant and emerging best practices in the application of airpower. Doctrine describes the operations and activities that create convergence of effects across the competition continuum. Doctrine is organized as…
AFDP 1-1 ·Air Force ·2023 Mission Command
This Air Force Doctrine Publication (AFDP) clarifies current operational doctrine by providing further detail regarding the Airman's perspective on mission command. The achievement of joint force objectives with airpower relies on the…
AFDP 2-0 ·Air Force ·2026 Intelligence
Intelligence is a joint function that serves to provide information, assessments, and estimates to the commanders and their staff to support situational understanding and enable decision-making. Global Integrated Intelligence,…
AFDP 3-0 ·Air Force ·2025 Operations
Doctrine embodies the fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed, authoritative ideas that are officially approved and establish a common frame…
AFDP 3-0.1 ·Air Force ·2025 Command and Control
The most pressing objective for the United States Air Force (USAF) doctrine is to equip the Service with the intellectual tools necessary to prepare and posture for conflict in an era of great power competition. Towards this aim, in 2021…
AFDP 3-01 ·Air Force ·2023 Counterair Ops
Doctrine embodies the fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed, authoritative ideas that have been officially approved and establishes a…
AFDP 3-02 ·Air Force ·2023 Strategic Attack
The advent of airpower offered a path to bypass an enemy's fielded forces to strike deep into their sanctuaries. These air attacks against strategic targets could defeat an adversary and promised an end to costly wars of attrition. Early…
AFDP 3-03 ·Air Force ·2024 Counterland Ops
Doctrine embodies the fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed, authoritative but not directive ideas that have been officially approved and…
AFDP 3-04 ·Air Force ·2023 Countersea Ops
of forces into a theater. A broad range of options, unhindered by the need to obtain host-nation permission and access. A means to demonstrate US commitment without imposing a lasting footprint ashore. US naval forces are forward deployed…
AFDP 3-05 ·Air Force ·2024 Special Ops
Doctrine embodies the fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed, authoritative but not directive ideas that have been officially approved and…
AFDP 3-10 ·Air Force ·2023 Force Protection
The joint function of protection1 is defined as all efforts to secure and defend the effectiveness and survivability of mission-related military and nonmilitary personnel, equipment, facilities, information, and infrastructure deployed or…
AFDP 3-12 ·Air Force ·2021 Cyberspace Ops
The character of conflict has fundamentally changed. Cyberspace is no longer a supporting capability but a central, contested domain where national power is projected and defended. The ability to secure national interests and achieve…
AFDP 3-13 ·Air Force ·Undated Information in Air Force Operations
To deter, compete, and win across the competition continuum, Airmen should advance solutions that enable operations in highly contested environments. Broadly, the joint force's approach to meet this challenge is encapsulated in joint…
AFDP 3-14 ·Air Force ·2025 Space Support
Airmen and Guardians are inextricably linked through a shared history. Prior to the creation of the United States Space Force (USSF) in 2019, the United States Air Force (USAF) detailed its space operational doctrine in Air Force Doctrine…
AFDP 3-22 ·Air Force ·2026 Foreign Internal Defense
Today's global landscape presents complex security challenges, demanding adaptable approaches to foreign internal defense (FID). This publication provides the United States Air Force (USAF) framework for assisting host nations (HNs)…
AFDP 3-27 ·Air Force ·Undated Homeland Defense
1 Air Force Doctrine Publication (AFDP) 3-27, Homeland Defense, provides Airmen with 2 the fundamental principles guiding the United States Air Force (USAF) in protecting the 3 nation from external threats and aggression. This publication…
AFDP 3-34 ·Air Force ·2023 Engineer Ops
Air Force Doctrine Publication (AFDP) 3-34, Engineer Operations, recognizes that from the beginning of military aviation, engineers have ensured airfields, facilities, and infrastructure set the conditions for airpower to achieve…
AFDP 3-36 ·Air Force ·2024 Air Mobility Ops
Air mobility is the rapid movement of resources to, from, or within, a theater by air. It constitutes one element of the strategic mobility triad that includes strategic airlift, strategic sealift, and pre-positioned stocks (PREPO).…
AFDP 3-40 ·Air Force ·2024 Countering-WMD-Ops
The United States faces a rapidly evolving and dynamic threat environment that includes adversaries with weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This publication has been revised to reflect the current Department of War (DoW) policy for…
AFDP 3-50 ·Air Force ·2025 Personnel Recovery
Air Force Doctrine Publication (AFDP) 3-50, Personnel Recovery, provides operational level guidance for the preparation, planning, execution, and adaptation of United States Air Force (USAF) personnel recovery (PR) operations across the…
AFDP 3-52 ·Air Force ·Undated Airspace Control
Today's airspace environment is increasingly complex. Technological advances in air defense systems, cruise missiles, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), loitering munitions, and long-range fires shape that complexity. The air domain's…
AFDP 3-59 ·Air Force ·2025 Weather Ops
Weather has a significant impact on the planning and execution of joint force operations. The physical conditions of the terrestrial and space environment can create dilemmas for adversaries and optimize friendly freedom of action and…
AFDP 3-60 ·Air Force ·2026 Targeting
Doctrine embodies the fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed authoritative ideas that establishes a common frame of reference for solving…
AFDP 3-61 ·Air Force ·2024 Public Affairs
This document provides doctrine and practical guidance for commanders, public affairs officers, and staff. Public affairs (PA) is an operational information capability that affects friendly, neutral, and adversary perceptions and behavior…
AFDP 3-72 ·Air Force ·2025 Nuclear Ops
The United States Air Force's (USAF's) nuclear operations stand as a vital component of the nation's defense posture. The gravity of nuclear operations derives from the catastrophic consequences of nuclear warfare, which demands an…
AFDP 3-84 ·Air Force ·2024 Legal Support
This document provides doctrine and practical guidance for commanders, judge advocates, and paralegals across the spectrum of conflict, with a focus on air operations. All military missions and operations require proper authority to act…
AFDP 3-85 ·Air Force ·2023 Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations
Global dependence on the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) offers increasing opportunities to exploit new attack vectors during operations, but also creates vulnerabilities and limited access for EMS-dependent systems. The joint force…
AFDP 4-0 ·Air Force ·2026 Sustainment
Doctrine describes the fundamental principles by which military forces act in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed, authoritative ideas that have been officially approved or codified, establishing a common…
AFDP 5-0 ·Air Force ·Undated Planning
Air Force Doctrine Publication (AFDP) 5-0, Planning provides a planning methodology for Airmen to solve complex problems. All Airmen should be prepared to solve problems in contested, degraded, or operationally limited environments. The…
AFH 10-644 ·Air Force ·2017