BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
INSTRUCTION 10-401
13 JANUARY 2021
Operations
OPERATIONS
PLANNING AND EXECUTION
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: AF/A3OD
Supersedes: AFI10-401, 7 December 2006;
AFI10-244, 15 June 2012
Certified by: AF/A3O
(Mr. Trent Dudley)
Pages: 56
This instruction implements Department of the Air Force Policy Directive (DAFPD) 10-4,
Operations Planning: Air Expeditionary Force and Global Force Management. Department of
the Air Force Instruction (DAFI) 10-401 prescribes and explains how the United States Air Force
and the United States Space Force will participate in the Department of Defense Global Force
Management Processes, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Guide (CJCSG) 3130, Adaptive
Planning and Execution Overview and Policy Framework, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Manual (CJCSM) 3130.06, Global Force Management Allocation Policies and Procedures.
DAFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management carries out the tenets of Executive Order
(EO) 12861, Elimination of One-Half of Executive Branch Internal Regulations, September 11,
1993, and EO 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, September 30, 1993. If this publication
is in conflict with Department of Defense or Joint guidance, the joint publication will take
precedence. This publication applies to all civilian employees of the Department of the Air
Force (DAF) and uniformed members of the United States Space Force, Regular Air Force, the
Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard. 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 DAFI 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 requestor’s commander for non-tiered compliance items. 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
