BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 11-210
21 DECEMBER 2021
Flying Operations
INSTRUMENT REFRESHER
PROGRAM (IRP)
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-publishing.af.mil for downloading and ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: HQ AFFSA/XOT
Supersedes: AFMAN11-210,
4 October 2019
Certified by: AF/A3O
(Brig Gen Daniel T. Lasica)
Pages: 12
This manual implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 11-2, Aircrew Operations, by
prescribing guidance for conducting the Instrument Refresher Program (IRP). This manual applies
to all pilots, navigators, and combat systems officers on active flying status who are uniformed
members or civilian employees of the Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National
Guard, and those who are contractually obligated to comply with Department of the Air Force
publications. This publication does not apply to the United States Space Force (USSF).
Compliance with the attachment in this publication is not mandatory. Ensure all records generated
as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air Force Instruction 33-322,
Records Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with
the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force Records Information
Management System. Address questions concerning this manual to Headquarters Air Force Flight
Standards Agency (AFFSA). 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 Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional chain of
command. This publication may not be supplemented or further implemented/extended. 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. See Department of the Air Force
Instruction (DAFI) 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description of the
authorities associated with the tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of
command to the appropriate tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s
commander for non-tiered compliance items. The use of the name or mark of any specific
