BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
INSTRUCTION 84-101
16 MARCH 2023
History
AEROSPACE HISTORIAN
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
MANAGEMENT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: This publication is available for downloading or ordering on the e-
Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: DAF/HO Certified by: DAF/HO
(Dr. Bill Harris)
Supersedes: AFI84-101, 13 December 2018 Pages: 43
This instruction implements Department of the Air Force Policy Directive (DAFPD) 84-1,
Department of the Air Force History and Heritage Management. It provides guidance on history-
related duties, responsibilities, and organization in both peacetime and wartime. It fully supports
historian requirements outlined in Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI)
5320.01C, Guidance for the Joint History Program, Joint Publication (JP) 1 Volume 2, The Joint
Force, and JP 3-33, Joint Force Headquarters. This publication applies to all civilian employees
and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard,
the United States Space Force, all DAF civilian employees, and those with a contractual obligation
to abide by the terms of DAF issuances. This publication does not apply to the Civil Air Patrol.
Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air
Force Instruction (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 (OPR) using the DAF Form
847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route DAF Forms 847 from the field through
the appropriate functional chain of command. This publication may be supplemented at the major
command and field command level, but all supplements must be routed to the OPR of this
publication for coordination prior to certification and approval. Compliance with attachments is
mandatory. The authorities to waive wing, unit, or delta level requirements in this publication are
identified with a tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement. Submit
