BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 84-101
13 DECEMBER 2018
AIR COMBAT COMMAND
Supplement
19 APRIL 2022
HISTORY
AEROSPACE HISTORIAN
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
MANAGEMENT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are 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: AF/HO Certified by: AF/HO
(Mr. Walter A. Grudzinskas)
Supersedes: AFI 84-101, 16 February 2017 and AFI 84-
102, 18 Nov 2015
Pages: 24
(ACC)
OPR: USAF/HQ ACC/HO Certified by: HQ ACC/HO
(Mr. Michael D. Dugre)
Pages: 3
This instruction implements AFPD 84-1, History and Heritage Management. It provides guidance
pertaining to history-related duties, responsibilities, and organization for all Air Force and
aerospace expeditionary units. This instruction incorporates both peacetime and wartime historian
activities and fully supports historian requirements Joint Publication (JP) 1, Doctrine for the Armed
Forces of the United States, and JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarters. This instruction applies
to all Air Force military and civilian personnel, members of the Air National Guard (ANG) and
Air Force Reserve. This AFI does not apply to the Civil Air Patrol. Ensure that all records created
as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force
Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air
Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) located in the Air Force Records Information
Management System (AFRIMS). Refer recommended changes and questions about this
publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847,
