The Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education is the home of the library of US Air Force doctrine. It is organized into 3 main volumes and 29 supporting annexes that span the range of all Air Force operations.
The Air Force provides the United States with airpower. To achieve this, Air Force doctrine provides Airmen with the historically proven best practices learned through experience. These foundational basics allow us to respond more quickly to operations in today’s changing world environment, freeing commanders and planners to think about larger issues such as strategy, operational art, and objectives.
The LeMay Center does not publish hard copies of Air Force Publications. However, AFOPS2: The Air Force Operations & Planning SMARTbook, 2nd Ed. (Guide to Curtis E. LeMay Center & Joint Air Operations Doctrine), serves as a comprehensive guide to Air Force doctrine and operations and additional includes material from multiple joint publications and references. References and topics in the 376-page AFOPS2 include the following:
Air Force Core Doctrine
• Volume 1, Basic Doctrine (27 Feb 15)
• Volume 2, Leadership (08 Aug 15)
• Volume 3, Command (22 Nov 16)
Air Force Doctrine Annexes
• Annex 2-0, Global Integrated ISR Ops (29 Jan 15)
• Annex 3-0, Operations and Planning (04 Nov 16)
• Annex 3-01, Counterair Ops (01 Feb 16)
• Annex 3-2, Irregular Warfare (12 Jul 16)
• Annex 3-03, Counterland Ops (17 Mar 17)
• Annex 3-04, Countersea Ops (07 Nov 14)
• Annex 3-05, Special Ops (09 Feb 17)
• Annex 3-10, Force Protection (17 Apr 17)
• Annex 3-12, Cyberspace Ops (30 Nov 11)
• Annex 3-13, Information Ops (28 Apr 16)
• Annex 3-14, Counterspace Ops (27 Aug 18)
• Annex 3-17, Air Mobility Ops (05 Apr 16)
• Annex 3-22, Foreign Internal Defense (10 Jul 15)
• Annex 3-27, Homeland Ops (28 Apr 16)
• Annex 3-30, Command and Control (7 Nov 14)
• Annex 3-34, Engineer Ops (15 Aug 17)
• Annex 3-40, Counter-WMD Ops (05 Apr 16)
• Annex 3-50, Personnel Recovery (23 Oct 17)
• Annex 3-51, Electronic Warfare Ops (10 Oct 14)
• Annex 3-52, Airspace Control (23 Aug 17)
• Annex 3-59, Weather Ops (27 May 15)
• Annex 3-60, Targeting (14 Feb 17)
• Annex 3-61, Public Affairs (28 Jul 17)
• Annex 3-70, Strategic Attack (25 May 17)
• Annex 3-72, Nuclear Ops (19 May 15)
• Annex 4-0, Combat Support (21 Dec 15)
• Annex 4-02, Medical Ops (29 Sep 15)
Air Force Instructions
• AFI 10-401, Air Force Operations Planning & Execution (w/Chg 4, 13 Mar 12)
• AFI 10-421, Operations Planning for the Steady-State (25 Jun 15)
• AFI 13-1AOC, Volume 3, Operational Procedures-Air Operations Center (AOC) (w/Chg 1, 18 May 12)
• AFI 13-103, AFFOR Staff Operations, Readiness and Structures (19 Aug 14)
Joint Publications
• JP 3-01, Countering Air and Missile Threats (May ‘18)
• JP 3-08, Interorganizational Cooperation (12 Oct 16).
• JP 3-14, Space Operations (10 Apr 18)
• JP 3-16, Multinational Operations (16 Jul 13)
• JP 3-17, Air Mobility Operations (20 Sept 13)
• JP 3-30, Command and Control of Joint Air Operations (10 Feb 2014)
• JP 3-52, Joint Airspace Control (13 Nov 2014)
• JP 3-60, Joint Targeting (31 Jan 2013)
AFOPS2: The Air Force Operations & Planning SMARTbook, 2nd Ed. (Guide to Curtis E. LeMay Center & Joint Air Operations Doctrine) is the second edition of our Air Force SMARTbook. Topics and references of the 376-page AFOPS2 include airpower fundamentals and principles (Volume 1), command and organizing (Volume 3); command and control (Annex 3-30/3-52), airpower (doctrine annexes), operations and planning (Annex 3-0), planning for joint air operations (JP 3-30/3-60), targeting (Annex 3-60), and combat support (Annex 4-0, 4-02, 3-10, and 3-34).
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