BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR COMBAT COMMAND
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 16-1301
AIR FORCE COMBAT COMMAND
Supplement
8 JANUARY 2019
Operations Support
SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE,
AND ESCAPE (SERE) 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: HQ ACC/A3JO
Supersedes: AFI16-1301_ACCSUP,
23 June 2007
Certified by: HQ ACC/A3J
(Col John J. Galik)
Pages: 11
AFI 16-1301, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Program, is supplemented as
follows: This supplement amplifies policies and procedures contained in AFI 16-1301. This
supplement defines the roles and responsibilities of SERE Specialists assigned in ACC both for
training and operational support roles. Additionally, it provides SERE Refresher Training (SRT)
guidance and currency requirements for airman assigned to ACC. It clarifies ACC SERE
Specialist upgrade and currency training requirements. This supplement applies to Air Combat
Command (ACC) and ACC gained Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command units.
Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are
maintained in accordance with (IAW) Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of
Records, and disposed of IAW the Air Force Records Information Management System Records
Disposition Schedule. Send comments and suggested improvements to this supplement on AF
Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication, through channels, to HQ ACC/A3J, 205
Dodd Blvd., Suite 101, Langley AFB VA 23665-2789. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-2, T-3”) number following the
compliance statement. See AFI 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
Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items. This publication may be supplemented at any
