BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 10-202
11 JUNE 2020
Operations
CONTINGENCY RESPONSE FORCES
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: AMC/A3M
Supersedes: AFI 10-202, 14 July 2015
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Pages: 120
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-2, Readiness. It provides
guidance and procedures on organizing, training, equipping and utilizing identified contingency
response (CR) forces to rapidly respond and operate at any worldwide location that requires an
organic capability to provide initial airbase opening (ABO), initial airfield operations, command
and control (C2), and mobility support. It applies to all Regular Air Force (RegAF) and Air
Reserve Component (ARC) individuals at all levels who are assigned or responsible to manage
CR forces or equipment in support of airbase opening operations, including Air Mobility
Command (AMC), United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE -
AFAFRICA), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), ARC, and any CR force supporting units. This
publication requires the collection and/or maintenance of information protected by Title 5 United
States Code (USC) § 552a, The Privacy Act of 1974. The authorities to collect or maintain the
records prescribed in the publication are Title 10 United States Code § 9013, Secretary of the Air
Force; Executive Order 9397, Numbering System for Federal Accounts Relating to Individual
Persons; Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2909, Air Force Professional Relationships and
Conduct; and AFI 36-2101, Classifying Military Personnel (Officer and Enlisted). The
applicable SORN, F036 AF PC C, Military Personnel Records System, is available at:
http://dpcld.defense.gov/PrivacySORNsIndex/DOD-wide-
SORNArticleView/Article/569821/f036-af-pc-c/. Ensure all records generated as a result of
processes prescribed in this publication adhere to AFI 33-322, Records Management and
Information Governance Program, and are disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records
Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force Records Information Management
System. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of
Primary Responsibility (OPR) listed above using the Air Force (AF) Form 847, Recommendation
