BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE 10-26
20 AUGUST 2019
Incorporating Change 1, 16 December 2020
Operations
COUNTERING
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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 restrictions on the release of this publication
OPR: AF/A10S
Supersedes: AFPD10-26, 17 June 2015
Certified by: HQ USAF/A10
(Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark)
Pages: 13
This directive implements Department of Defense (DoD) Directive (DoDD) 2060.02, DoD
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Policy; DoDD 5160.05E, Roles and
Responsibilities Associated with the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP); DoD
Instruction (DoDI) 3150.09, The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
Survivability Policy; DoDI 5210.88, Security Standards for Safeguarding Biological Select
Agents and Toxins (BSAT); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Instruction (CJCSI)
3520.02C, U.S. Military Support to the Proliferation Security Initiative; and CJCSI 5113.03A,
Counterproliferation Interdiction Policy. This directive is consistent with DoDD S-2060.04,
DoD Support to the National Technical Nuclear Forensics (NTNF) Program (U); Department of
the Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-24, Mission Assurance; AFPD 10-25, Air Force
Emergency Management Program; and AFPD 48-1, Aerospace & Operational Medicine
Enterprise. This directive establishes overarching policy to ensure the Air Force plans,
organizes, trains and equips its forces, units and personnel to conduct activities to counter WMD
across the operational spectrum. This directive applies to all Air Force organizations and offices
including Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. Ensure all records generated as a result of
processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records
Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with the
Air Force Records Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force Records Information
Management System. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration’s Countering Weapons of
Mass Destruction Division (AF/A10S) using Air Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change
