AFMAN17-2101 governs Air Force long-haul communications, including their standardization, provisioning, processing, management, and funding.
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It covers DISN cost recovery, AF Information Networks, organizational roles, circuit management, and commercial Internet service provider connections. Compliance is mandatory, and records created by prescribed processes must be maintained and disposed of under cited Air Force requirements.
Applies to: This publication applies to the to all AF military, civilian and contractor personnel to include Air National Guard (ANG) and the AF Reserve.
Long Haul Telecommunications is all general and special purpose longdistance telecommunications, facilities and services (including commercial satellite services, terminal equipment and local circuitry supporting the long-haul service ) to or from the base, post camp or station switch and/or main distribution frame (except for trunk lines to the firstserving commercial central office for local communications services). (paragraph 1)
The AF centrally provisions, manages and funds the AF enterprise Long Haul Communications transport portion of the DOD network and services called the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and the AF segment called the AF Information Networks (AFIN) which uses the DISN for transport. (paragraph 1)
DOD policy assigns Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) the responsibility to provide end-to-end DOD Information Network (DODIN) infrastructure and to provision, manage and sustain DISN transport, services, facilities, and equipment in direct support of DOD missions, the Joint warfighter and AF operational readiness. (paragraph 1)
DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO) policy mandates all DOD Service Components and Agencies provision and fund the shared DOD network and services from DISA to promote Joint interoperability. (paragraph 1)