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AFI 10-403

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DEPLOYMENT PLANNING AND EXECUTION

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AFI 10-403, "DEPLOYMENT PLANNING AND EXECUTION", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated December 17, 2025.

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December 17, 2025

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NumberAFI 10-403
TitleDEPLOYMENT PLANNING AND EXECUTION
PublishedDecember 17, 2025
Certified currentDecember 17, 2025
Office of primary responsibilityAF/A4
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionUpdateContact, June 29, 2026
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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This publication is 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

Summary of changes, as printed

This instruction was revised substantially and must be reviewed completely. It implements the Air Force (AF) force presentation and force generation initiatives, removes Installation Deployment Readiness Cell, establishes Force Readiness and Generation Brief requirements, and properly aligns and clarifies roles and responsibilities.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 6
  2. Section 1A—Department of Defensep. 6
  3. Section 1B—Headquarters Air Forcep. 6
  4. Section 1C—Air Force Reserve and Air National Guardp. 8
  5. Section 1E—Installation Level Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 12
  6. Section 1F—Individual Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 20
  7. Chapter 2—PRE-DEPLOYMENTp. 25
  8. Section 2A—Overviewp. 25
  9. Section 2B—Deployment Planning and Execution Systemsp. 25
  10. Section 2C—Pre-Deployment Planningp. 27
  11. Section 2D—Installation Deployment Planp. 27
  12. Section 2E—Readiness Reportingp. 29
  13. Section 2F—Personnel Preparednessp. 29
  14. Section 2G—Trainingp. 32
  15. Section 2H—Materiel Preparednessp. 33
  16. Chapter 3—DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONSp. 37
  17. Section 3A—Generalp. 37
  18. Section 3B—Deployment Taskingsp. 37
  19. Section 3C—Deployment Schedule of Eventsp. 38
  20. Section 3D—Deployment Work Centersp. 39
  21. Section 3E—Personnel Processingp. 44
  22. Section 3F—Cargo Deploymentp. 49
  23. Chapter 4—RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT, AND INTEGRATIONp. 50
  24. Section 4A—Generalp. 50
  25. Section 4B—Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSO&I) Work Centersp. 51
  26. Chapter 5—POST-DEPLOYMENTp. 54
  27. Section 5A—Overviewp. 54
  28. Section 5B—Post-Deployment Data Management and Documentationp. 54
  29. Section 5C—Redeploymentp. 55
  30. Section 5D—Post-Deploymentp. 56
  31. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 58
  32. Attachment 2—RECOMMENDED DEPLOYMENT CHECKLISTSp. 70
  33. Attachment 3—DEPLOYMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTSp. 84
  34. Attachment 4—CONCEPT BRIEFING OUTLINEp. 88
  35. Attachment 5—FORCE READINESS AND GENERATION BRIEFINGp. 90
All 107 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 6
  2. Section 1A—Department of Defensep. 6
  3. Section 1B—Headquarters Air Forcep. 6
  4. 1.1. Generalp. 6
  5. 1.2. Secretary of Defensep. 6
  6. 1.3. Combatant Commandersp. 6
  7. 1.4. Joint Staffp. 6
  8. 1.5. Headquarters Air Forcep. 6
  9. Section 1C—Air Force Reserve and Air National Guardp. 8
  10. 1.6. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guardp. 8
  11. 1.7. AF Command and Direct Reporting Unit Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 9
  12. 1.8. Air Combat Commandp. 9
  13. 1.9. Air Force Materiel Commandp. 10
  14. 1.10. Air Force Personnel Centerp. 10
  15. 1.11. Service Component Commandp. 11
  16. 1.12. Institutional Forcesp. 11
  17. Section 1E—Installation Level Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 12
  18. 1.14. Joint Basesp. 12
  19. 1.15. Installation Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 12
  20. 1.16. Unit Commander (or equivalent)p. 15
  21. 1.17. Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS)p. 16
  22. 1.18. Force Support Squadron (FSS)p. 17
  23. 1.19. Civil Engineer Squadronp. 18
  24. 1.20. Communications Squadronp. 18
  25. 1.21. Contracting Squadronp. 18
  26. 1.22. Security Forces Squadronp. 19
  27. 1.23. Operations Groupp. 19
  28. 1.24. Maintenance Groupp. 19
  29. 1.25. Medical Group, Medical Squadron and Medical Treatment Facility (MTF)p. 19
  30. Section 1F—Individual Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 20
  31. 1.26. Comptroller Squadronp. 20
  32. 1.27. Units with Unique or Special Missionsp. 20
  33. 1.28. Installation Deployment Officer (IDO)p. 20
  34. 1.29. Unit Deployment Manager (UDM)p. 22
  35. Chapter 2—PRE-DEPLOYMENTp. 25
  36. Section 2A—Overviewp. 25
  37. Section 2B—Deployment Planning and Execution Systemsp. 25
  38. 2.1. Generalp. 25
  39. 2.2. Deployment Planning and Execution Systemsp. 25
  40. Section 2C—Pre-Deployment Planningp. 27
  41. Section 2D—Installation Deployment Planp. 27
  42. 2.3. UTC Availability (UTA) Libraryp. 27
  43. 2.4. Installation Deployment Plan (IDP)p. 27
  44. 2.5. Deployment Process Working Groupp. 28
  45. Section 2E—Readiness Reportingp. 29
  46. Section 2F—Personnel Preparednessp. 29
  47. 2.6. Defense Readiness Reporting Systemp. 29
  48. 2.7. DCAPES UTC Planning Evaluationsp. 29
  49. 2.8. Personnel Preparednessp. 29
  50. 2.9. P&IP & Individual Preparednessp. 30
  51. 2.10. Medical Requirementsp. 31
  52. Section 2G—Trainingp. 32
  53. 2.11. Training Requirementsp. 32
  54. Section 2H—Materiel Preparednessp. 33
  55. 2.12. Materiel Preparednessp. 33
  56. 2.13. Deployable Containersp. 35
  57. 2.14. Individual Protective Equipmentp. 35
  58. 2.15. Weapons and Ammunitionp. 36
  59. Chapter 3—DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONSp. 37
  60. Section 3A—Generalp. 37
  61. Section 3B—Deployment Taskingsp. 37
  62. 3.1. Overviewp. 37
  63. 3.2. Deployment Taskingsp. 37
  64. Section 3C—Deployment Schedule of Eventsp. 38
  65. 3.3. DCAPES and LOGMOD Import and Export Filesp. 38
  66. 3.4. Deployment Schedule of Eventsp. 38
  67. Section 3D—Deployment Work Centersp. 39
  68. 3.5. Deployment Work Centersp. 39
  69. 3.6. Installation Plans and Integration (P&I)p. 39
  70. 3.7. Deployment Control Center (DCC)p. 40
  71. 3.8. Personnel Deployment Function (PDF)p. 40
  72. 3.9. Air Passenger Terminal (APT)p. 42
  73. 3.10. Cargo Deployment Function (CDF)p. 42
  74. Section 3E—Personnel Processingp. 44
  75. 3.11. Unit Deployment Control Center (UDCC)p. 44
  76. 3.12. Overviewp. 44
  77. 3.13. Personnel Processingp. 44
  78. 3.14. Air Passenger Terminalp. 47
  79. 3.15. Deploying Personnelp. 48
  80. Section 3F—Cargo Deploymentp. 49
  81. 3.16. Cargo Deploymentp. 49
  82. Chapter 4—RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT, AND INTEGRATIONp. 50
  83. Section 4A—Generalp. 50
  84. 4.1. Generalp. 50
  85. Section 4B—Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSO&I) Work Centersp. 51
  86. 4.2. Command and Controlp. 51
  87. 4.3. Reception Control Center (RCC)p. 51
  88. 4.4. Personnel Integration Functionp. 52
  89. 4.6. PERSCO Teamp. 53
  90. 4.7. Cargo Reception Functionp. 53
  91. 4.8. Host Unit Representativesp. 53
  92. Chapter 5—POST-DEPLOYMENTp. 54
  93. Section 5A—Overviewp. 54
  94. Section 5B—Post-Deployment Data Management and Documentationp. 54
  95. 5.1. Overviewp. 54
  96. 5.2. Joint Operations Planning and Execution System Deployment UTC Datap. 54
  97. 5.3. Post Deployment Data Documentationp. 54
  98. Section 5C—Redeploymentp. 55
  99. 5.4. Redeployment (Unit Move)p. 55
  100. Section 5D—Post-Deploymentp. 56
  101. 5.5. Redeployment Work Centersp. 56
  102. 5.6. Reintegration, Recovery, Reconstitution and Reset Phasep. 56
  103. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 58
  104. Attachment 2—RECOMMENDED DEPLOYMENT CHECKLISTSp. 70
  105. Attachment 3—DEPLOYMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTSp. 84
  106. Attachment 4—CONCEPT BRIEFING OUTLINEp. 88
  107. Attachment 5—FORCE READINESS AND GENERATION BRIEFINGp. 90

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