[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR813.3]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 813_VISUAL INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 813.3  Responsibilities.

    (a) HQ AFCIC/ITSM:
    (1) Sets Air Force VIDOC policy.
    (2) Oversees United States Air Force (USAF) COMCAM programs and 
combat readiness.
    (3) Makes sure Air Force participates in joint actions by 
coordinating with the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff (JCS), executive departments, and other branches of the 
United States Government.
    (4) Approves use of Air Force COMCAM forces in non-Air Force 
activities.
    (b) Air components:
    (1) Manage air component COMCAM and visual information support 
within their areas of responsibility. Documents significant events and 
operations for theater and national-level use.
    (2) Sets requirements for COMCAM and VI support. Includes 
requirements in operations plans (OPLAN) force lists, concept plans 
(CONPLAN), operations orders (OPORD), and similar documents. See Air 
Force Manual (AFMAN) 10-401, Operation Plan and Concept Plan Development 
and Implementation.
    (3) Coordinate with MAJCOM VI managers to plan and source VIDOC 
forces for war, contingencies, and exercises.
    (4) Provide input (VI and COMCAM requirements) to HQ AMC/SCMV, 203 
West Losey Street, Room 3180, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5223, as required to 
develop the annual VI Exercise Support Plan. Include requirements to 
exercise

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VI forces to refine operational procedures and meet defined objectives.
    (c) HQ AMC:
    (1) Provides primary Air Force ADR theater support to the air 
component commanders.
    (2) Maintains a deployable theater support Unified Transportation 
Command (UTC) to manage ADR requirements above the aviation wing level. 
This includes the gathering, editing, copying, and distribution of ADR 
images from combat aviation squadrons for operational analysis, bomb 
damage assessment, collateral intelligence, training, historical, public 
affairs, and other needs.
    (3) Sets combat training standards and develops programs for all Air 
Force COMCAM personnel (includes both formal classroom and field 
readiness training).
    (4) Coordinates and meets COMCAM needs in war, operations, and 
concept plans.
    (5) Provides the Air Force's primary COMCAM capability and assists 
air component and joint commands with deliberate and crisis action 
planning for USAF's COMCAM assets.
    (6) Provides component and theater commands COMCAM planning 
assistance and expertise for contingencies, humanitarian actions, 
exercises, and combat operations.
    (7) Acts as manpower and equipment force packaging (MEFPAK) manager 
for COMCAM UTCs.
    (8) Funds HQ AMC COMCAM personnel and equipment for contingency or 
wartime deployments. (The requester funds temporary duty and supply 
costs for planned events, such as non-JCS exercises and competitions.)
    (9) Develops and monitors the annual Air Force-wide VI Exercise 
Support Plan for the Air Staff, with assistance from air components and 
supporting MAJCOMs. (Use criteria contained in Sec. 813.4(e)(1) and 
provide equitable deployment opportunity for tasked commands' VI 
resources.)
    (d) MAJCOM VI managers:
    (1) Plan and set policy for documenting activities of operational, 
historical, public affairs, or other significance within their commands.
    (2) Train and equip VIDOC forces to document war, contingencies, 
major events, Air Force and joint exercises, and weapons tests.
    (3) Make sure COMCAM and BVISC forces meet their wartime tasking and 
identify and resolve deficiencies. Refer significant deficiencies and 
problems and proposed resolution to HQ AFCIC/ITSM.
    (4) Allow documentation of significant Air Force activities and 
events, regardless of their sensitivity or classification. Protect 
materials as the supported command directs. Safeguard classified images 
or handle them according to Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 
5200.1, DoD Information Security Program, June 7, 1982, with Changes 1 
and 2, and AFI 31-401, Information Security Program Management. The 
authority in charge of the event or operation approves documentation 
distribution.
    (5) Update UTC availability in MAJCOM information systems.
    (6) Assist Air Force Operations Group, in identifying the command's 
capability to support COMCAM and VI requirements.
    (7) Provide inputs to HQ AMC/SCMV for the annual VI Exercise Support 
Plan for JCS exercises.
    (8) Make sure units that have deployable VI teams have Status of 
Resources and Training System (SORTS) reportable designed operational 
capability (DOC) statements that accurately reflect their mission and 
taskings.
    (9) Develop and oversee measurements, such as operational readiness 
inspection criteria, to evaluate VI force readiness at DOC-tasked units.