BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND
AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE
COMMAND INSTRUCTION 13-5203
VOLUME 1
30 AUGUST 2022
Nuclear, Space, Missile, Command and
Control
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE (ICBM) AND WEAPON
SYSTEM TESTING PERSONNEL
TRAINING
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: USAF/AFGSC/A3TO Certified by: HQ AFGSC/A3T
(Col Matthew W. McDaniel)
Supersedes: AFGSCI13-5303V1, 09 OCTOBER 2012 Pages: 21
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 13-5, Nuclear Operations and is
consistent with Air Force Instruction (AFI) 13-520, Aircraft and ICBM Nuclear Operations. This
instruction defines roles, responsibilities, and minimum requirements for ICBM and associated
weapon system Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) mission certification training programs
and applies to 13N and 21M personnel assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC),
Twentieth Air Force (20 AF) and the 576th Flight Test Squadron (576 FLTS). This instruction
does not apply to Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units. This publication requires the
collection and/or maintenance of information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 authorized by
10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes
prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with AFI 33-322, Records
Management and Information Governance Program, and disposed of in accordance with Air Force
Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). 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,
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, unless explicitly restricted in the publication. When a commander approves a waiver, the
