BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 10-402
1 MAY 2012
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Supplement
13 FEBRUARY 2017
Operations
MOBILIZATION PLANNING
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: AF/A5XW
Supersedes: AFI10-402V1, 9 August
2007
Certified by: AF/A5X
(Maj Gen Devereaux)
Pages: 44
(ANG)
OPR: NGB/A2/3/6/10
Certified by: NGB/A2/3/6/10
(Col Robert L. Bell)
Pages: 3
This instruction implements Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 1235.10, Activation,
Mobilization, and Demobilization of the Ready Reserve, Department of Defense Instruction
(DoDI) 1235.12, Accessing the Reserve Components (RC), DoDD 1225.6, Equipping the Reserve
Forces, and Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-4, Operations Planning: Air and Space
Expeditionary Force (AEF). This document provides mobilization process guidance and
responsibilities regarding issuance of orders to active duty for the Air Reserve Component
(ARC) pursuant to sections 688, 12301(a), 12301(d), 12302, and 12304 of Title 10, United States
Code (U.S.C.). This guidance applies to all Air Force and ARC activities that mobilize and
activate units and individual reservists, as well as Pre-Trained Individual Manpower (PIM).
Overarching Department of Defense guidance is stipulated within DoDD 1235.10, which
establishes Secretary of Defense (SecDef) policy and assigns responsibilities for mobilizing the
RC; and DoDI 1235.12, which establishes SecDef policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes
procedures for ordering units and individuals of the ARC to active duty to support the national
defense across the full spectrum of military operations, including sustained operational missions,
