BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
INSTRUCTION 10-503
6 MARCH 2023
Operations
AFMC STRATEGIC BASING PROCESS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the e-
Publishing web site at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: HQ AFMC/A5/8P Certified by: HQ AFMC/A5/8/9
(Kathryn J. Sowers, SES)
Pages: 13
This instruction implements portions of Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-5, Basing, and
complements AFI 10-503, Strategic Basing. This Air Force Materiel Command Instruction
(AFMCI) is applicable to Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command (HQ AFMC) and its
subordinate organizations, as well as any other Active Duty (or Regular) Air Force, Air Force
Reserve Command, Air National Guard component of the National Guard Bureau and other
services/agencies requesting basing actions on AFMC real property or United States Space Force
(USSF) real property where AFMC is the servicing MAJCOM, and also applies to AFMC units
requesting basing actions on non-AFMC real property. Ensure all records created as a result of
processes prescribed in this publication are maintained IAW AFI 33-322, Records Management
and Information Governance Program, and disposed of IAW with Air Force Records Disposition
Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management System. The authorities to
waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2,
T-3”) number following the compliance statement. See DAFMAN 90-161, Publishing Processes
and Procedures, 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 Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items to HQ
AFMC/A5/8/9 Workflow (afmc.a589.workflow@us.af.mil). This publication may be
supplemented at any level, but all direct supplements should be routed to HQ AFMC/A5/8P for
coordination prior to certification and approval.
