AFI 36-2650 Chapter 1 PDF 22 June 2022

# AFI36-2650 22 JUNE 2022 ## Chapter 1 ### GENERAL - **1.1. Purpose.** This AFI establishes guidance and training procedures for personnel assigned to aircraft, munitions, and missile maintenance organizations throughout the AF. - **1.2. Objective.** Provide initial, upgrade, proficiency, qualific...

# AFI36-2650 22 JUNE 2022 ## Chapter 1 ### GENERAL - **1.1. Purpose.** This AFI establishes guidance and training procedures for personnel assigned to aircraft, munitions, and missile maintenance organizations throughout the AF. - **1.2. Objective.** Provide initial, upgrade, proficiency, qualification, recurring, and certification training needed by a technician to perform duties in their primary Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC). - **1.3. Applicability.** This instruction is directive in nature and applicable to commanders, supervisors, Unit Training Managers (UTM) and personnel assigned to maintenance groups, maintenance squadrons, maintenance training sections, and other maintenance organizations throughout the Air Force. - **1.4. Equivalent Commanders.** Throughout this instruction, responsibilities for the Maintenance Group Commander are identified. Units not aligned under a maintenance group will assign these responsibilities to the appropriate level commander. - **1.5. Terminology.** When using this instruction, the following applies: - **Shall, Must, Will** - Indicate a mandatory requirement. Note: "Will" is also used to express a declaration of purpose for a future event. - **Should** - Indicates a preferred or recommended method or option. - **May** - Indicates an acceptable or satisfactory method or option. - **1.6. Office of Primary Responsibility.** The maintenance training section (UTM for AFR/ANG) is the Point of Contact (POC) for maintenance training within the maintenance group in accordance with DAFI 36-2670 and this instruction. - **1.7. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Training Detachment (TD).** The TD is the primary aircraft and/or Intercontinental Ballistic Missile maintenance training agency on base. Suppliers will provide TDs with the same quality and quantity of support as all other Air Force Receivers in accordance with AFPD 25-2, Support Agreements, therefore, a support agreement is not necessary unless both the Supplier and Receiver agree to different levels of support. - **1.8. MAJCOM Mandatory Course List.** MAJCOMs will create a master list of all mandatory TD, maintenance training section, and myLearning courses for each mission design series aircraft. - **1.9. Utilization of Training Courses.** Units will utilize AETC TD, maintenance training section and ancillary training courses for upgrade, proficiency, qualification, recurring, and CUT to the fullest extent possible. - **1.10. Class Cancellation Policy.** TD classes with enroute, temporary duty, AFR/ANG and/or multi-phased students will not be canceled and will be supported by the host unit, unless approved by the wing commander. - **1.11. Curriculum Advisory Committee.** Use the Curriculum Advisory Committee to investigate, analyze, and recommend the most cost effective and efficient method to satisfy training requests. - **1.12. Cross-Utilization Training.** CUT provides the unit internal flexibility by training individuals to perform tasks on their assigned weapons systems that are not in his/her primary AFSC. - **1.13. Block Training.** Block training is a term used in the maintenance community to describe the type of format used for training. - **1.14. Ancillary Training.** Accomplish according to governing directives. Make every effort to consolidate training requirements to reduce the impact on the mission. - **1.15. Overdue Training.** Individual recurring qualifications become overdue on the last day of the month in which recertification is due. - **1.16. Air Force Engineering and Technical Services (AFETS) and Contractor Engineering and Technical Services (CETS).** - **1.17. Maintenance Training Section Instructions.** Maintenance training sections (UTM for AFR/ANG) will develop and publish a local training instruction or supplement to this AFI and MAJCOM training instructions to specify local policies and procedures to include, as a minimum: - A waiver process to approve any deviation to the local instruction. - Testing and certification procedures. - Frequency and distribution of automated training products. - Personnel in and out processing, to include registration in training databases, for example, AF approved electronic training records, myLearning, AF Training Record, etc. - Procedures for requesting training. - Additional local procedures. - Class cancellation policy. - Feedback loop to local Quality Assurance. - Work center and/or section training monitor duties and responsibilities, if utilized. - **1.18. Maintenance Group Training Analysis Briefing.** Maintenance training sections will provide a quarterly formal TAB to the Maintenance Group Commander (or equivalent). - **1.19. Training Assessment Feedback.** The Maintenance Training Section Superintendent (UTM for AFR/ANG) serves as OPR for local administration for internal and Office of Collateral Responsibility for external feedback. ## Chapter 10 ### AFR/ANG Requirements This chapter specifically addresses requirements for AFR/ANG.