BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR COMBAT COMMAND
AIR COMBAT COMMAND MANUAL
14-401
6 APRIL 2020
Intelligence
AIR FORCE DISTRIBUTED COMMON
GROUND SYSTEM (DCGS) TRAINING,
CERTIFICATION, AND QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
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: ACC/A32D
Supersedes: ACCI 14-201 Volumes 1-3,
5 February 2018
Certified by: ACC/A32D
(Mr. Michael O’Neal)
Pages: 16
This Air Combat Command Manual (ACCMAN) implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD)
14-4, Management of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects
Operations Enterprise, Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 3305.02, DoD General
Intelligence Training and Certification, and is consistent with and responsive to relevant portions
of AFPD 10-9, Lead Command Designation and Responsibilities for Weapon Systems. This
publication establishes the Air Combat Command (ACC) minimum standards for training and
certifying personnel performing duties within the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System
(AF DCGS) core and distributed sites. This publication is applicable to all units assigned to, or
gained by, ACC and applies to commanders, operation supervisors, and mission crews, assigned
or attached to an AF DCGS core or Distributed Mission Site (DMS). This publication also applies
to ACC gained Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve personnel serving in intelligence
units performing AF DCGS operations. The authority to maintain the records prescribed in this
manual are Title 10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force; Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2608,
Military Personnel Records System and Executive Order 9397, Numbering System for Federal
Accounts Relating To Individual Persons, as amended by Executive Order 13478, Amendments to
Executive Order 9397 Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers. Ensure all
records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance
with Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program,
and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule located in the AF
