BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 10-1701
5 MARCH 2014
Operations
COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) FOR
CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
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OPR: AF/A3CS/A6CS
Certified by: AF/A3C/A6C
(Maj Gen Earl D. Matthews)
Pages: 15
This Instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-17, Cyberspace Operations,
and provides guidance for command and control of activities covered in AFI 33-115, AF IT
Services and supporting Methods and Procedures Technical Orders (e.g., Vulnerability
Management MPTO, etc.). This AFI introduces the term AF Information Networks (AFIN) as a
replacement for the previously-used term AF-GIG. The AFIN is defined as the globally
interconnected, end-to-end set of Air Force information capabilities, and associated processes for
collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, and managing information on-demand to
warfighters, policy-makers, and support personnel, including owned, leased and contracted
communications and computing systems and services, software (including applications), data,
security services, other associated services, and national security systems. The terms AF
Network (AFNET) and AF Network-Secure (AFNET-S) are introduced to refer to the Air
Force’s underlying Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) and Secure Internet
Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet). This publication applies to all military and civilian AF
personnel, members of the AF Reserve Command (AFRC), Air National Guard (ANG), third-
party governmental employee and contractor support personnel in accordance with appropriate
provisions contained in memoranda support agreements and AF contracts. Violations shall serve
as a basis for denying individual’s access to the AFIN. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number
following the compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management,
Table 1.1 for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Requests for
waivers must be submitted through HQ AFSPC/A3 to the OPR listed above for consideration
and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of
Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of
Publication; route AF Form 847s from the field through the appropriate functional’s chain of
