BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 10-801
29 JANUARY 2020
Operations
DEFENSE SUPPORT
OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: AF/A3OA
Supersedes: AFI 10-801,
23 December 2015
Certified by: AF/A3O
(Brig Gen David A. Mineau)
Pages: 48
This instruction implements Defense Health Agency Procedures Manual (DHAPM) 6025.13,
Clinical Quality Management in the Military Health System, Volume 4: Credentialing and
Privileging, Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1322.28, Realistic Military Training Off
Federal Real Property, Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) 3025.01, Volume 1, Defense
Support Of Civil Authorities: Overview; DoDM 3025.01, Volume 2, Defense Support Of Civil
Authorities: DoD Incident Response; DoDM 3025.01, Volume 3, Defense Support Of Civil
Authorities: Pre-Planned DoD Support Of Law Enforcement Agencies, Special Events,
Community Engagement, And Other Non-DoD Entities, Department of Defense Directive (DoDD)
3025.13, Employment of DoD Capabilities in Support of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DoDD S-5210.36, Provision of DoD Sensitive Support
to DoD Components and Other Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government, Joint
Publication (JP) 3-28, Defense Support of Civil Authorities; JP 3-30, Command and Control of
Joint Air Operations; and Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-8, Defense Support of Civil
Authorities. This Instruction aligns the Air Force (AF) with Homeland Security Presidential
Directive-5, Management of Domestic Incidents; Presidential Policy Directive 8, National
Preparedness; the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and National Planning
Frameworks to include: the National Prevention Framework, National Mitigation Framework,
National Response Framework (NRF), National Protection Framework, and the National Disaster
Recovery Framework. This Instruction provides higher headquarters staffs, installations and unit
commanders with guidance, structure, roles, and responsibilities to execute Defense Support of
Civil Authorities (DSCA) planning, response operations and support to designated agencies when
