BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
MANUAL 63-101_20-101
16 AUGUST 2016
CERTIFIED CURRENT
12 AUGUST 2020
Acquisition
ACQUISITION INCIDENT
REVIEW (AIR) PROCESS
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: HQ AFMC/A5R
Supersedes: AFMCGM2015-63-02,
8 September 2015
Certified by: HQ AFMC/A5/8/9
(Maj Gen Michael Brewer)
Pages: 15
This publication implements Independent Reviews in accordance with Air Force Instruction
(AFI) 63-101_20-101, Integrated Life Cycle Management, and immediately implements and
supersedes Air Force Materiel Command’s (AFMC) Guidance Memorandum (AFMCGM) 2015-
63-02, Acquisition Incident Review (AIR) Process. It provides guidance and procedures on the
AIR process to be used by AFMC to review acquisition programs which have encountered a
significant problem resulting in a degraded or failed execution of an acquisition program. The
AIR process does not replace the acquisition execution chain. This standard process applies to
AFMC units to ensure systemic issues are properly understood and best practices are
documented and promulgated. When directed by AFMC/CC, the procedures in the attachment
are used to conduct an AIR for acquisition programs within this Command. This manual may
not be supplemented. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the
OPR listed above using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF
Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate 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, Table 1.1 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 records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are
