HAFMD1-52 governs the mission, organizational relationships, responsibilities, and delegated authority of the Director of Test and Evaluation.
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It defines AF/TE’s role in Department of the Air Force test and evaluation programs and its relationships with senior leaders and other offices. It assigns duties involving T&E policy, resources, plans, reports, programs, and acquisition support.
The Director of Test and Evaluation (AF/TE), pursuant to Title 10 United States Code (USC) Sections (§) 9031-9032, and as documented by Air Force Mission Directive-1, Headquarters Air Force (HAF), paragraphs 4.3 and 4.4, assists the Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF), other Secretariat offices, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF), and the Chief of Space Operations (CSO) in carrying out the test and evaluation (T&E) programs for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). (paragraph 1)
The SecAF retains ultimate responsibility for all policies related to the DAF. (paragraph 1)
AF/TE reports directly to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, but provides support to the SecAF, the Under Secretary of the Air Force, other Secretariat offices, the CSAF, the CSO, and their staff offices. (paragraph 2)
Functioning as the chief T&E advisor to the DAF senior leadership, developing T&E policy and establishing T&E guidance, advocating for test resources to support weapons system development, and resolving developmental and operational test programmatic issues. (paragraph 3)
Advises the SecAF, CSAF, and CSO on the T&E process, developmental test and evaluation (DT&E), operational test and evaluation (OT&E), live fire test and evaluation (LFT&E), and the use of modeling and simulation in T&E. (paragraph 3)