BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND
AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND INSTRUCTION 36-2605,
VOLUME 13
21 NOVEMBER 2017
Incorporating Change 1, 14 JANUARY 2022
Certified Current, 14 JANUARY 2022
Personnel
FORMAL FLYING TRAINING
ADMINISTRATION AND
MANAGEMENT – UNDERGRADUATE
REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT
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 or ordering
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: 19AF/A3DR
Supersedes: AETCI 36-2205, Volume 13,
23 September 2013
Certified by: 19AF/A3
(Col Randy P. Oakland)
Pages: 50
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-26, Total Force Development.
It establishes policy for student administration, conduct and documentation, information
management system responsibilities, and provides management guidelines for Air Education and
Training Command (AETC) Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Training (URT)
courses and units. It applies to members of the Air National Guard (ANG) and the Air Force
Reserve Command (AFRC), members of the U.S. Navy (USN)/U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG), & U.S. Army (USA) enrolled as students/instructors in AETC RPA pilot
training. It applies to Foreign student pilots enrolled in URT in the absence of any host-nation
memorandum of understanding (MOU). This instruction does not apply to United States Space
Force. This AETCI applies to Pilot students (including RPA Instrument Qualification Simulator
Instructor Training (SIT-R) and RFC Academic Instructor Course) and does not apply to Sensor
Operator students. URT student management during RPA Flight Training (RFT) is covered by
AETCI 36-2605 Volume 3, Formal Flying Training Administration and Management – Initial
Flight Training (IFT). Subordinate units may supplement this instruction. Each unit will
coordinate its supplement with 19AF/A3DR before publication and forward one copy to
19AF/A3DR after publication. Submit suggested changes to this instruction on AF Form 847,
