AFI16-113 governs the establishment, management, screening, selection, training, and support of the USAF Attaché Program.
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It covers attaché officer and enlisted positions, eligibility, language qualifications, assignments, and training. It requires specific citizenship, performance, deployment, security clearance, and grade qualifications for candidates.
Applies to: This AFI applies to all regular and Air Force Reserve (AFR) personnel involved in the United States Air Force (USAF) Attaché Program.
Attaché duty (AFSC 16F4A) is open to Air Force officers in grades O-4 through O-8.
Be in the grade of E-5 or above and possess a 7-skill level.
Be a citizen of the United States and be free of any family, commercial, or other connections with the applicable country that could potentially interfere with the ability to successfully carry out the DAS assignment. Officers cannot be a dual-citizen of another country.
Have a Defense Language Aptitude Battery score equal to or greater than the language training requirements for the position.
Preparation of attaché and attaché-support designees for duty in the DAS normally involves a lengthy training period including Joint Military Attaché School (JMAS), language training, State Department security training, the Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies, and for some, C-12 aircraft qualification training.