BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
INSTRUCTION 10-210
14 FEBRUARY 2020
Operations
AIRCRAFT BATTLE DAMAGE REPAIR
ENGINEERING/ DEPOT LIAISON
ENGINEERING
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
ePublishing web site at www.e-Publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: HQ AFMC/EN
Supersedes: AFMCI 10-210, 18 July 2012
Certified by: HQ AFMC/A4/10-EN
(Mrs. Heather Moore)
Pages: 16
This instruction implements AFPD 10-2, Readiness. Additionally, it aligns guidance with AFPD
21-1, Managing Aerospace Equipment Maintenance, AFI 21-101, Aerospace Equipment
Maintenance Management, and AFI 99-103, Capabilities-Based Test And Evaluation. It
establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for AFMC's Expeditionary Aircraft Battle Damage
Repair Engineers (ABDREs) and deployed Depot Liaison Engineers (DLEs) as they prepare to
achieve and maintain the required level of readiness necessary to meet their assigned tasking. HQ
AFMC EN is the waiver authority for individual education and training requirements for ABDRE
eligibility and certification in accordance with this instruction. This publication is not applicable
to the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) or Air National Guard (ANG). Ensure that all records
created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with
Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with
(IAW) Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition
Schedule (RDS) located at https://www.my.af.mil/afrims/afrims/afrims/rims.cfm. 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 Form 847s
from the field through the appropriate functional chain of command. This publication may be
supplemented at lower levels but, all supplements must be routed through the OPR for review prior
to publishing. 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 AFI
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
