BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MISSION DIRECTIVE 9
12 APRIL 2019
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN
EUROPE (USAFE) - AIR FORCES
AFRICA (AFAFRICA)
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/A5SP
Supersedes: AFMD 9, 7 Mar 2013
Certified by: AF/A5
(Lt Gen Timothy G. Fay)
Pages: 2
This directive states the mission, defines the command structure, and establishes the
responsibilities of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and Air Forces Africa
(AFAFRICA). 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 Forms 847 from the field through appropriate functional chain of
command. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication
are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of
Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS)
located in the Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS).
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This administrative change updates AFMD 9 to reflect the current OPR and Certifying
Authority, removes unnecessary acronyms, and includes an editorial change to sentences in the
Mission paragraph on USAFE and USEUCOM.
1. Mission. USAFE-AFAFRICA organizes, trains, and equips forces for independent, joint, or
combined military operations. USAFE provides combatant commanders rapidly deployable,
capabilities-focused expeditionary air, space, and cyberspace forces to conduct the full range of
military operations. USAFE also enhances transatlantic security, promotes regional stability, and
advances U.S. interests in Europe, Africa, the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean, Russia, the
Caspian Sea, and portions of the Middle East. USAFE is a Major Command of the United States
Air Force (USAF) and the Air Force component of United States European Command
