BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
INSTRUCTION 10-2601
11 JANUARY 2022
Operations
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE
SURVIVABILITY PROGRAM
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 Certified by: AF/A10S
(Col James M. Hendrickson);
USSF/SF/S10N;
(Zannis M. Pappas)
Pages: 29
This Department of the Air Force (DAF) Instruction (DAFI) implements Air Force Policy
Directive (AFPD) 10-26, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. It is consistent with AFPD
10-24, Mission Assurance, AFPD 13-5; Air Force Nuclear Mission; Air Force Instruction (AFI)
10-2607, Air Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Survivability; AFI
13-500, Air Force Nuclear Mission Responsibilities; and AFI 63-101/20-101, Integrated Life
Cycle Management. This instruction establishes the DAF Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Program
and the roles and responsibilities to ensure it is integrated into the planning, programming,
budgeting, and execution process. This publication applies to members of the United States Space
Force (USSF), Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard, specifically
personnel who develop, manage or operate CBRN mission-critical systems and/or infrastructure
requiring EMP survivability in order to operate in and through, or quickly recover from an EMP
event. Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to
AFI 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 Office of Primary Responsibility using Air Force Form 847, Recommendation
for Change of Publication; route Air Force Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate
functional chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit-level requirements will be
identified by Tier Number (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) following the compliance statement. See DAFI
33-360, Publications and Forms Management., for a description of the authorities associated with
