BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND
AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND INSTRUCTION 36-2651
03 APRIL 2023
Personnel
BASIC MILITARY AND TECHNICAL
TRAINING
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading on the e-Publishing
website at www.e-publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: 2 AF/A3O Certified by: 2 AF/CV
(Colonel Nicholas M. Dipoma)
Supersedes: AETCI 36-2651, 12 April 2021 Pages: 64
This instruction implements Department of the Air Force Policy Directive 36-26, Total Force
Development and Management. This instruction covers roles and responsibilities within Basic
Military and Technical Training. This instruction applies to Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve
(AFR), Air National Guard (ANG), and Department of the Air Force (DAF) civilians permanently
or temporarily assigned to the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). This publication
does not apply to the United States Space Force. This instruction applies to the 637th Training
Group Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) and the Inter-American
Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) for force development and management of their faculty, staff, and
cadre, as well as international permanent party assigned within Second Air Force (2 AF). The
international permanent party includes all individuals assigned under the Military Personnel
Exchange Program and Air Force Guest Instructor Program. Exception: This instruction does not
apply to foreign military students in training at IAAFA or DLIELC, other than references to risk
management and high-risk training. Additionally, AETC Instruction (AETCI) 36-2651 identifies
IAAFA and DLIELC exceptions based on the nature of their security cooperation education and
training mission. Of note, IAAFA and DLIELC do not award Air Force specialty codes (AFSC)
or Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) credits and do not have Military Training
Instructors (MTI) or Military Training Leaders (MTL). IAAFA and DLIELC comply with Air
Force Instruction (AFI) 16-105, Joint Security Cooperation Education and Training, for certain
portions of their training pipeline and the care of International Military Students. AETC personnel
under the administrative control of an AETC unit, but under the operational control of a non-AETC
agency or school, will comply with the guidance and requirements as established by contract,