BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND
AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND
MANUAL 10-401
4 MAY 2022
Operations
PLANNING, SCHEDULING, 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: USAF/AFRC/A5XW Certified by: AFRC/A5A8
(Maj Gen Jay D. Jensen)
Pages: 56
This publication implements Air Force (AF) Policy Directive 10-4, Operations Planning: Air
Expeditionary Force and Global Force Management. This manual identifies and implements
policy and guidance from differing Department of Defense (DoD), Joint Staff, and AF
publications, directives, and instructions that impacts Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
policies, guidance, processes and procedures. It provides guidance on strategy development,
planning, scheduling, execution, and assessment in support of steady-state military operations
involving general purpose forces as well as being ready to support emergent requirements. This
AFRC Manual (AFRCMAN) applies to all members of AFRC including military, civilian and
contractors. This publication does not apply to the Air National Guard, Regular Air Force and
United Space Force. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this
publication are maintained IAW Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management and
Information Governance Program, and disposed of IAW AF Records Information Management
System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). Refer recommended changes and
questions about this publication to the office of primary responsibility (OPR) using the AF IMT
847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Form 847s from the field through the
appropriate functional chain of command. This AFRCMAN may be supplemented at any level,
but all supplements that directly implement this publication must be routed to AFRC/A5A8 for
coordination prior to certification and approval. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, and T-3”) number
following the compliance statement. See Department of the Air Force Manual (DAFMAN) 90-
161, Publishing Processes and Procedures for a description of the authorities associated with the
