BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 13-1 BCC,
VOLUME 1
17 JULY 2020
Nuclear, Space, Missile, Command and
Control Operations
BATTLE CONTROL
CENTER (BCC) TRAINING
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: ACC/A3C
Supersedes: AFI 13-1 BCC Volume 1,
19 August 2014
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Pages: 61
This manual implements policy found in Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 13-1, Command
and Control Enterprise (C2 Enterprise) and AFPD 10-9, Lead Command Designation and
Responsibilities for Weapon Systems. This manual provides guidance for the fixed Battle
Management Command and Control (BMC2) units, including Air National Guard units, within
Air Combat Command (ACC) and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) that employ the Battle Control
Center (BCC) as well as the PACAF fixed BMC2 units in Korea and Japan, though they do not
currently employ the BCC. This manual does not apply to Air Force Reserve, or Civil Air
Patrol. This manual requires the collection and or maintenance of information protected by
Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5400.11, DoD Privacy and Civil Liberties
Programs.” The applicable SORN F011 AF XO A, Aviation Resource Management System
(ARMS), is available at http://dpcld.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNs.aspx. Ensure all records
created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with
AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and disposed of in
accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule located in the Air Force Records
Information Management System. Refer recommended changes and questions about this
publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) 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 publication may be supplemented at any level,
but all direct supplements must be routed to the OPR of this publication for coordination prior to
certification and approval in accordance with paragraph 1.10 of this publication. The
authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier
