BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 32-9001
28 SEPTEMBER 2017
Civil Engineering
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY
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: AFCEC/CIT
Supersedes: AFI32-9001, 27 July 1994
Certified by: SAF/IEI
(Jennifer L. Miller, SES)
Pages: 51
This Instruction implements Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 4165.06, Real Property;
DoDD 5105.77, National Guard Bureau (NGB); Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI)
1225.08, Reserve Component (RC) Facilities Programs and Unit Stationing; DoDI 4165.70,
Real Property Management; DoDI 4165.71, Real Property Acquisition; and Air Force Policy
Directive (AFPD) 32-90, Real Property Asset Management. It provides guidance for acquiring
Real Property (RP) assets according to Air Force (AF) and Department of Defense (DoD) issued
policies, guidance, and procedures. This Instruction does not delegate or grant authority to
acquire real property assets; delegations will be made in a separate document. This Instruction
applies to all Air Force including the Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve
Command (AFRC) units. This AFI does not apply to Family Housing leasing and Privatized
Housing or Industrial Facilities. See AFI 32-6001, Family Housing Management and AFI 63-
101/20-101, Integrated Life Cycle Management, for more information. Unless otherwise
specified, the term AF will be used to encompass ANG, AFRC, and active duty. This
publication may be supplemented at any level, but all direct Supplements must be routed to the
Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) of this publication for coordination prior to certification
and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions regarding this publication to the OPR
using the AF IMT 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF IMT 847s from
the field through the appropriate functional chain of command. 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 Tier waiver approval
authority, or alternately, to the Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items. Ensure that all
