HAFMD1-58 governs the mission, organization, responsibilities, authority delegations, and congressional notifications for DAF Studies and Analysis.
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It establishes the Director, Department of the Air Force Studies and Analysis, within the Secretariat and defines the office’s relationships and responsibilities. It assigns responsibilities for studies, analysis, modeling and simulation, strategic integration, and notifications to Congress.
The SAF/SA has overall responsibility for: leading, conducting, reviewing, and ensuring the analytic integrity of studies and analysis across air, space, and cyberspace domains to inform enterprise-level decisions for the DAF; serving as focal point for DAF modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) equities for Congress, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, Services, and United States allies and partners; and providing leadership, policy, guidance, integration, and support for the DAF’s MS&A communities. (paragraph 1)
The SAF/SA reports to the Secretary of the Air Force, serves as an agent of the Secretary within assigned policy and program domains, and provides guidance, direction, and oversight for all matters pertaining to the formulation, review, and execution of plans, policies, programs, and budgets within his/her area of responsibility. (paragraph 2)
Providing the SecAF, CSAF, and CSO, together with other DAF analytic organizations, timely, credible, unbiased, and innovative analysis to help make smart and defendable decisions on future force structure, risk, strategic and operational issues, agile combat support, investment and modernization, resource allocations, and United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Space Force (USSF) contributions to joint capabilities, strategy, and proposed programs or concepts. (paragraph 3)
The Director, DAF Studies and Analysis (SAF/SA) has overall responsibility for leading, conducting, reviewing, and ensuring the analytic integrity of studies and analyses across air, space, and cyberspace domains to inform enterprise-level decisions for the DAF; serving as focal point for DAF analysis and M&S equities for Congress, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, Services, and United States allies and partners; and providing leadership, policy, guidance, integration, and support for the DAF’s analytic and M&S communities. (paragraph 3)
Re-delegations of authority and assignments of responsibility made prior to the date of issuance of this HAFMD remain effective insofar as such re-delegations are not inconsistent with the terms of this HAFMD unless superseded by a new re-delegation or assignment. (paragraph 6)