[Title 32 CFR 811a]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 1997 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle A - Department of Defense (Continued)]
[Chapter VII - DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE]
[Subchapter B - SALES AND SERVICES]
[Part 811a - VISUAL INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION (VIDOC) PROGRAM]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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PART 811a--VISUAL INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION (VIDOC) PROGRAM--Table of Contents




Sec.
811a.1  Purpose.
811a.2  Material sources for the VIDOC program.
811a.3  Disposition of VI documentation materials.

    Authority: 10 U.S.C. 8013.

    Source: 52 FR 48681, Dec. 24, 1987, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 811a.1  Purpose.

    This part establishes policy for the management of the Air Force 
visual information documentation (VIDOC) program. It implements 
Department of Defense (DOD) Directive 5040.2 and describes how the 
program is accomplished. It applies to all Air Force personnel including 
United States Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units and 
members. The term major command (MAJCOM), when used in this part 
includes separate operating agencies and direct reporting units. The Air 
Force VIDOC program:
    (a) Records, through visual information (VI) means (still 
photographs, motion pictures, video, audio tape, and so forth), imagery 
of significant Air Force events that document the employment, growth, 
progress, and exercise of Air Force resources during peacetime and in 
combat.
    (b) Collects and preserves visual imagery of significant Air Force 
events with known or potential historical or archival value.
    (c) Ensures imagery which depicts the prime mission, support 
activities, and significant events of key Air Force organizations is 
available. VIDOC imagery or products are used for many purposes, at all 
levels, in the Air Force. Examples are:
    (1) Immediate use. Documentation used to help analyze and evaluate 
concepts and results of deployments, contingencies, tests, exercises, 
and so forth, during peacetime and in combat to support Air Force, DOD, 
and national objectives. VIDOC provides source material for slides, 
motion picture clips, video tapes, multimedia products, and so forth; 
used for training, management, information, and briefing purposes. In 
wartime, products are used to support theater commanders psychological 
operations objectives, operational briefings, status reports, public 
affairs requirements, collateral intelligence, and the historical 
record.
    (2) Future use. VIDOC materials with long-term or permanent value 
are retained in DOD central record centers, the National Air and Space 
Museum, and the National Archives. These make up the pictorial records 
of development, growth, and progress of air power and provide a 
continued resource for VI productions and other media presentations.



Sec. 811a.2  Material sources for the VIDOC program.

    (a) The primary sources of VI documentation materials are:
    (1) Aerospace Audiovisual Service (AAVS) documentation crews, both 
ground and aerial, whose primary mission is to acquire Air Force imagery 
in peacetime and in combat.
    (2) Base VI support centers (VISC).
    (3) Optical instrumentation and engineering imagery of Air Force 
research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) projects, including 
that material originated by defense and aerospace contractors.
    (4) Armament delivery recording (ADR) imagery.
    (b) Although the imagery may not originate from a documentation 
requirement, when properly processed, indexed, and stored, it serves as 
a valuable source of VI documentation.



Sec. 811a.3  Disposition of VI documentation materials.

    (a) VI materials generated or acquired by Air Force members, 
employees, or contractors in conducting official duties are the property 
of the United States Air Force. Personal use of VI material for sale or 
any other reason not directly related to an official Air Force activity 
is prohibited. Any deviation from this policy must be approved by HQ 
USAF/SCV. This policy also applies when Air Force members or employees, 
by choice or agreement, occasionally use personally owned equipment or 
supplies in conducting official duties.

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    (b) Photographs, motion picture films, transparencies, video tapes, 
audio recordings, and other VI products are subject to safeguards and 
release requirements when released outside the Department of Defense 
(see part 806 and part 837 of this chapter).