BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 36-3006
30 NOVEMBER 2018
Personnel
SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN (SBP)
(ACTIVE, GUARD, RESERVE, AND
RETIRED)
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 releasbility restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/A1P
Supersedes: AFI36-3006, 7 October 2009
Certified by: SAF/MR
Pages: 75
This publication implements Executive Order 11687, Delegating functions conferred upon the
President by section 1455 of Title 10 of the Unites States Code (U.S.C.), establishing the Retired
Serviceman’s Survivor Benefit Plan, 11 October 1972. It implements Title 10, United States
Code (U.S.C.), chapter 73 — Annuities Based On Retired or Retainer Pay, and Air Force Policy
Directive (AFPD) 36-30, Military Entitlements, 28 April 2015 in accordance with AFPD 36-81,
Total Force Human Resource Management (HRM) Domain Governance, 15 Nov 2013. It applies
to all Regular Air Force members, members of Air Force Reserve Command, and members of
the Air National Guard who retire under Title 10 U.S.C. Sections 8911, 8914, 1204, and 1205,
and those Guard and Reserve members who, at the 20-year notification point, decline to make a
Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan election and wait until they apply for retired pay at
age 60 to make an Survivor Benefit Plan election. This AFMAN does not apply to Civil Air
Patrol members. In collaboration with the Chief of the Air Force Reserve (AF/RE) and the
Director of the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower,
Personnel, and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel policy for the Air Force Survivor Benefit
Plan. This Instruction requires the collection and or maintenance of information protected by the
Privacy Act of 1974 authorized by Title 10, U.S.C., Chapter 803, Section 8013. The applicable
SORN T7347b, Defense Military Retiree and Annuity Pay System” is available at:
http://dpclo.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNs.aspx.
Ensure all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in
accordance with (IAW) Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and
disposed of IAW the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) in the Air Force Records
