CHAPTER 1 STANDARD SUPPLY CODES 1.1 ... - Air Force Link

AFMAN 23-110 Volume 1
Part 4, Chapter 1
ATTACHMENT 1A-3
ROUTING IDENTIFIER CODES
(FOR USE IN RECORD POSITIONS 4-6, 67-69 AND 74-76)
1A3.1. Routing identifier code (RIC) information is available in MILSTRIP, DoD 4000.25-1-M, Appendix
2.3, at http://www.dla.mil/j-6/dlmso/eLibrary/Manuals/MILSTRIP/Reissue2004/ap2.asp. Click
on DoD 4000.25-1-M, scroll down the index to Appendix 2.3 and select the title. The information prescribes
how RICs are used, the service focal point for requests/updates, an inquiry capability for
addresses (Chap 1, para K), and related processes. RICs are assigned by services/agencies (S/A) to indicate
inter-/intra-service routing codes, SOS codes, and consignor (shipper) codes without duplication by
other services.
1A3.2. The following other RIC sources are also available from this web page:
1A3.2.1. . Click on DOD 4000.25-1-SUP1 for assignment and maintenance information on RICs.
Changes to DOD 4000-25-1-SUP1 are published monthly and can be viewed at the internet address,
above, by selecting “CLICK Here to View MILSTRIP Publications on the DLA Transaction Service
BBS”. At Publications, click on the pull down menu to view desired lists, by S/A, by month.
1A3.2.2. A query capability for RIC information is available by clicking on Link to Routing Identifier
and Distribution Codes or through internet address https://www.transactionservices.dla.mil/
daashome/homepage.asp.
NUMBER OF CHARACTERS: Three
TYPES OF CODES: Alpha and numeric
1 st position-always alpha to identify the service/agency
2nd and 3rd positions – any combinations of alpha and numeric. Used to identify a facility or activity
of S/A depicted in 1 st position
AF BASE SUPPLY EXAMPLES: OC-ALC – FHB (Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center)
OO-ALC – FGB (Ogden Air Logistics Center)
WR-ALC – FLB (Robins Air Logistics Center)
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