BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 11-405
23 DECEMBER 2014
Flying Operations
THE PILOT-PHYSICIAN PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFMOA/SGPP
Supersedes: AFI11-405, 21 April 2011
Certified by: AF/A3
(Major General James J. Jones)
Pages: 34
This Instruction implements AFPD 11-4, Aviation Service, and is consistent with AFPD 48-1,
Aerospace Medicine Enterprise. The Pilot-Physician Program (PPP) makes the most of the
special resources of Air Force officers who are simultaneously qualified both as pilots and flight
surgeons. This Instruction describes the organization, application, selection, training and
reporting for the PPP. It explains the responsibilities of various commanders, agencies and the
Program Director (PD) who are tasked to support the PPP. This publication does not apply to the
Air Force Reserves or Air National Guard. Major commands (MAJCOMs) only may further
supplement this Instruction to outline their command requirements; any direct Supplements must
be routed to the OPR of this publication for coordination prior to certification and approval.
MAJCOM supplements are available on the e-Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil.
This Instruction has limited applicability to the Air Reserve Components (ARC), except as
indicated in paragraph 1.3 of this instruction, for example, in that dual qualification for their
members has proven prohibitively complex to this point. This Instruction requires the collection
and maintenance of information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974: Title 5 United States
Code, section 552a, authorized by Title 10 United States Code §8013; forms affected by the
Privacy Act have an appropriate Privacy Act statement. System of Records Notice F011 AF XO
A, Aviation Resource Management Systems (ARMS) applies and is available at
http://dpclo.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNs.aspx. 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; route AF Form 847s from the field through Major
Command (MAJCOM) publications/forms managers. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2 or T-3”) number in
