BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS OPERATING
INSTRUCTION 90-1
10 JANUARY 2018
Special Management
HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE
MISSION DIRECTIVES AND
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ISSUANCES PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Headquarters Air Force Publications and forms are available on the
e-Publishing website at http://www.e-publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFDPO/PPX
Supersedes: Headquarters Operating
Instruction 90-1, Mar 31, 2016 and rescinds
Air Force Instruction 90-101, Mar 9, 2011
Certified by: SAF/AAI
(Mr. Kent Chadrick)
Pages: 24
This instruction describes how and when Headquarters Air Force organizations develop, revise,
and rescind Headquarters Air Force Mission Directives which document the delegations of the
Secretary of the Air Force authorities, assignments of missions and areas of responsibility to
their respective organization and memorializes negotiated operating procedures of Headquarters
Air Force two-letter offices with intersecting areas of responsibility. This Instruction also
provides guidance and procedures to Air Force personnel including the Air Force Reserve and
the Air National Guard when processing Department of Defense Issuances. It implements Air
Force Policy Directive 90-1, Policy and Publishing Management, and is consistent with
Department of Defense Instruction 5025.01, Department of Defense Issuances Program; it also
complies with guidance in Air Force Instruction 38-601, Format and Content of Mission
Directives and Air Force Mission Directive 1, Headquarters Air Force. Send recommended
changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility using the
Air Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication to usaf.pentagon.saf-
aa.mbx.saf-aaii-policy-branch-workflow@mail.mil. Ensure that all records created as a result
of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual
33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records
Disposition Schedule in the Air Force Records Information Management System.
