ETARY
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2501
16 JULY 2004
Incorporating Through Change 3, 17 AUGUST
2009
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
Supplement
28 APRIL 2015
CERTIFIED CURRENT 20 FEBRUARY 2019
Personnel
OFFICER PROMOTIONS AND
SELECTIVE CONTINUATION
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OPR: HQ AFPC/DPSOO
Supersedes: AFI 36-2501, 6 May 2004
Certified by: HQ AFPC/DPS
(Col William D. Foote)
Pages: 114
(AFMC)
OPR: AFMC/A1DD
Certified by: AFMC/A1D
(GS-15, Sherre I. Collier)
Pages:4
The instruction establishes the objectives and procedures for promoting active duty
commissioned officers from second lieutenant to colonel (PART 1); outlines how to continue
active duty officers twice nonselected for promotion (PART 2); and outlines promoting officers
to the grades of brigadier and major general (PART 3). Portions of PART 3 are marked when
they apply to United States Air Force Reserve (USAFR) and Air National Guard of the United
States (ANGUS). The instruction implements Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), Armed
Forces, Chapter 36, Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active
Duty List, Chapter 38, Joint Officer Management, Chapter 43, Rank and Command, Chapter 60,
Separation of Regular Officers for Substandard Performance of Duty or for Certain Other
Reasons, and Chapter 77, Posthumous Commissions and Warrants; Title 32, United States Code
(U.S.C.) Chapter 3, Personnel; Executive Order 12396, Defense Officer Personnel Management
Act; current Department of Defense Directives (DoDD) 1310.1, Rank and Seniority of
Commissioned Officers, 1320.8, Continuation of Regular Officers on Active Duty and Reserve
