BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
PACIFIC AIR FORCES
PACIFIC AIR FORCES INSTRUCTION
10-501
19 FEBRUARY 2019
Operations
STRATEGIC BASING: THE
DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF
PROGRAMMING PLANS AND
PROGRAMMING MESSAGES
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publication 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: HQ PACAF/A5FB
Supersedes: PACAFI10-501,
19 February 2014
Certified by: HQ PACAF/A5F
(Colonel Michael E. Gimbrone)
Pages: 23
This instruction implements AFPD 10-5, Basing, and references AFI 10-501, Program Action
Directives (PADS), Program Guidance Letters (PGLS) Programming Plans (PPLANS), and
Programming Messages (PMSGS), and AFI 10-503, Strategic Basing. It prescribes procedures
and responsibilities for development and application of Programming Directives (PDs) (i.e.,
Programming Plans and Messages that apply to Strategic Basing actions). The provisions of this
instruction are applicable to all organizations of the Pacific Air Forces. This instruction does not
apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) or Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Units. Ensure
that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in
accordance with AFMAN 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with
the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). 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. Refer recommended changes and questions
about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847,
Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Form 847s from the field through the
appropriate Functional Manager’s chain of command. The reporting requirement in this
directive (Attachment 4) is exempt from licensing in accordance with AFI 33-324, The
Information Collections and Reports Management Program, Controlling Internal, Public, and
Interagency Air Force Information Collections. See Attachment 1 for a glossary of references
and supporting information.
