BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2620
26 APRIL 2018
Personnel
AIR FORCE COMBATIVES PROGRAM
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/A3TS
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen Scott F. Smith)
Pages: 12
This Air Force Instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive 36-26, Total Force
Development and Management, by establishing roles, responsibilities, programs, and procedures
for the Air Force Combatives Program. This Air Force Instruction applies to the Total Force –
Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and Department of the Air Force
civilian personnel performing combatives training in support of United States Air Force
Academy and Air Force Specialty Code training requirements. This program is actioned by the
United States Air Force Academy; Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape; Tactical Air
Control Party; Air Liaison Officer, but does not limit other Air Force Specialty Codes from
participating in the program. (Exception: The Air Force Office of Special Investigations,
Security Forces, and Special Tactics Unit combatives training programs are exempt from Air
Force Combatives Program parameters.) Ensure all records created as a result of processes
prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual 33-363,
Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with Air Force Records Information
Management System Records Disposition Schedule. Refer recommended changes and questions
about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility using the Air Force Form 847,
Recommendation for Change of Publication; route Air Force Forms 847 from the field through
the appropriate functional chain of command to the Office of Primary Responsibility. This
publication may be supplemented at any level to establish organization-specific guidance, but all
supplements must be routed to the Office of Primary Responsibility of this publication 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, or T-3”) number
following the compliance statement. All Tier 3 level requirements in publications are now
waiverable at the squadron commander or equivalent level, unless specifically retained by
