BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND
AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND INSTRUCTION 36-2605,
VOLUME 3
22 OCTOBER 2019
Incorporating Change 2, 28 April 2023
Certified Current 28 April 2023
PERSONNEL
FORMAL FLYING TRAINING
ADMINISTRATION AND
MANAGEMENT—INITIAL FLIGHT
TRAINING (IFT)
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: 19 AF/DOUA Certified by: 19 AF/DO
(Colonel Gary J. Eilers)
Supersedes: AETCI36-2205V3, 20 December 2012 Pages: 36
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-26, Total Force Development.
It establishes policy for student administration, conduct and documentation, and provides
management guidelines for all Air Education and Training Command (AETC) initial flight training
(IFT) programs and units. This instruction applies to Regular Air Force, Air National Guard
(ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) undergraduate flying training (UFT) candidates
selected to attend IFT. This instruction does not apply to United States Space Force. Ensure that
all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in
accordance with (IAW) AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance
Program, and disposed of IAW Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS)
Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). 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. The authorities to waive wing, and unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a tier number (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) 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 Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items,
