BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DODI5000.81_DAFI63-147
4 FEBRUARY 2021
Acquisition
URGENT CAPABILITY ACQUISITION
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at www.e-
publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/AQX Certified by: SAF/AQX
(Mr. William Bailey)
Pages: 24
This publication implements Department of the Air Force Policy Directive (DAFPD) 63-1/20-1,
Integrated Life Cycle Management and guidance in Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction (DoDI)
5000.81, Urgent Capability Acquisition. The DoD Instruction is printed word-for-word in regular
font without editorial review. AF supplementary material is printed in bold font and indicated by
“(Added)(AF).” This supplement provides AF guidance for the acquisition of capabilities fulfilling
Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUONs), Joint Emergent Operational Needs (JEONs) and Urgent
Operational Needs (UONs). This publication applies to all civilian employees and uniformed
members of Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, the United States
Space Force and those who are contractually obligated to comply with Department of the Air Force
publications. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication
are adhere to Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance
Program, and are disposed of in accordance with the Records Disposition Schedule, which is located
in the Air Force Records Information Management System. Refer recommended changes and
questions about this publication to SAF/AQX, at SAF.AQ.SAF-AQXS.Policy.Workflow@us.af.mil
using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the
field through the appropriate functional chain of command. This Department of the Air Force
Instruction (DAFI) may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Acquisition Integration) (SAF/AQX), for review and approval prior to
publication. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements that are outside of the acquisition
execution chain in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following
the compliance statement. See DAFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description
of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain
of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s
commander for non-tiered, non-acquisition execution compliance items. Mandates to the
acquisition execution chain as described in AFI 63-101_20-101, Integrated Life Cycle Management,
are not elevated through the organizational chain of authority; therefore tiering in accordance with
DAFI 33-360, is not applied and the waiver authority is as specified.
