BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
MANUAL 23-103
17 JUNE 2021
Materiel Management
CATALOGING AND STANDARDIZATION
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: USAF/HQ AFMC/A4RM
Supersedes: AFMCMAN 23-3,
14 September 2010
Certified by: HQ AFMC/A4R
(Col. Ray Jones)
Pages: 125
This manual implements Air Force Instruction (AFI) 23-101, Air Force Materiel Management. It
establishes cataloging and standardization guidance in support of USAF aerospace equipment. It
applies to provisioning activities, provisioning support activities, and other Air Force Materiel
Command (AFMC) activities involved in supply chain activities. This instruction applies to AFMC
Regular Air Force (RegAF). This publication does not apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) and
the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and their units. This publication may be supplemented
at any level, but all direct Supplements must be routed to the OPR of this publication for
coordination prior to certification and approval. The authorities to waive wing, and unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a tier number (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) following
the compliance statement. See Department of the Air Force Instruction (DAFI) 33-360,
Publications and Forms Management, for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier
numbers. Submit requests for waivers using AF Form 679, Air Force Publication Compliance Item
Waiver Request/Approval, through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval
authority, or alternately, to the Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items. All requests for
waiver must be approved by the publication OPR prior to implementation. Refer recommended
changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using
the Air Force Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from
the field through the appropriate functional chain of command using the following MANDATORY
HQ AFMC/A4R e-AF Form 847 submission process. (T-2). Centers will assign a primary and
alternate POC to populate the HQ AFMC/A4R Publications Management SharePoint, to include
attaching a digitally signed AF Form 847 with Sections 1 and 2 completed by the submitting
