Members on continuous active duty for 30 days or more are entitled to BAH, Type II (BAH II), unless in support of contingency.

Helpful Link

• BAH Guidance-Short Tour and Long Tour

OHA is a monthly allowance for members who are on long tours (141 or more days on a training tour/181 or more days for non-training tours) to OCONUS, except Hawaii and Alaska. Members must have the base housing office complete the DD Form 2367. Members then submit it along with their rental agreement to the pay office via myFSS. Note: This allowance is only authorized when not in a per diem status. Household Goods are only authorized if a HHG fund cite is on the orders. Please note that you will see BAHII and OHA on your LES if you are receiving OHA. (The two added together should equal the full OHA you are entitled to.)

Document Link

• DD Form 2367

The FSA entitlement may be authorized if an IR is separated from their family for 31 or more continuous days, either CONUS or Outside the Contiguous United States (OCONUS). Complete DD Form 1561 and submit with your completed travel voucher to the pay office via myFSS.

Document Link

• DD Form 1561

Enlisted and Officer Bonuses
IMAs may qualify in one of four categories to receive an incentive bonus; reenlistment, prior service, affiliation, or retraining. Bonuses are for eligible Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSCs) which are on the critical career listing and manned at less than 100%. Eligible AFSCs are reviewed every six months and are subject to change. Payments are made in equal annual installments on the anniversary of the enlistment/reenlistment date. NOTE: AF Form 4010, Application for IMA Enlisted Bonus and Incentive, will not be accepted without the owning Detachment CC’s signature or the signature of their designated representative.  Members can submit the completed Form 4010 to the pay office via myFSS.

Basic eligibility is as follows:

• AF Form 4010
• Air Force Reserve Officer and Enlisted Bonus Incentive Guide - FY23

COLA (CONUS/Outside the Continental United States [OCONUS]) offsets the cost of living for specific locations. It is possible to receive OHA and COLA, or just one or the other. Members can use this website to find out more about CONUS COLA locations and this for OCONUS COLA locations. Complete the ARPC Form 0-103 and submit to to the pay office via myFSS.

Helpful Links

• About CONUS COLA
• About OCONUS COLA

Document Link

• ARPC Form 0-103

HFP/IDP is payable if authorized to perform hazardous duty for servicemembers in careers such as non-crewmembers, parachute jumping, demolition of explosives, handling toxic fuels, engaging in flight deck duty or experimental stress duty. Also servicemembers who perform flight duties as aircrew members and meet their service’s operational requirements may be entitled to HFP/IDP. A letter of certification of HFP/IDP duty from the command, DD Form 114, and Military Pay Order (MPO) must accompany the AF Form 938 or AF Form 40A. If the member is a non-rated aircrew member, they must hold current aeronautical ratings, meet monthly flying requirements, and maintain medical certification to receive HFP/IDP.

Servicemembers will receive $7.50 for each day they are on duty in an HFP/IDP area up to the maximum monthly rate of $225. Members who are exposed to a hostile fire or hostile mine explosion event are eligible to receive non-prorated Hostile Fire Pay in the full monthly amount of $225. Members cannot receive both IDP and HFP in the same month.

If the member is in a location that authorizes HFP/IDP or Combat Zone Tax Exclusion per the JTR, a Contingency Exercise Deployment Order (CED), AF Form 1610 and AF Form 938 that defines location in block 12 can be submitted to the pay office via myFSS. In addition, they must submit one of the following that indicates arrival date in the Area of Responsibility (AOR):
- Signed DD Form 1351-2 (travel voucher)
- DTS Voucher Copy (not authorization)
- AF Form 1881 certified by Commander

Document Link

• DD Form 114

Aircrew members
HQ IR RIO/Host Aviation Resource Management (HARM) is the Aviation Resource 41 Management Office for IR aircrew members. Following is a list of the current types of incentive pay available to IRs. More information about HARM and a method of contact can be found at this specific myFSS link. 

Aviation Career Incentive Pay (ACIP) – Reserve Aviator Continuation Pay Program
Reserve officers qualified for ACIP may receive ACIP if they occupy rated positions, have passed the "gates" that require specific years of aviation service, and remain medically qualified for aviation service. Eligible members must provide an updated AF IMT 1042 to HQ IR RIO/HARM by the 4th of the month following the member’s birth month. Failure to provide the required documents will result in the member’s Aviation Service being suspended and flight pay entitlement terminated.

Hardship Duty Pay (HDP)
Hardship Duty Pay - Location Assignment (HDP-L)
HDP-L is compensation paid to members assigned outside the continental United States in Quality of Life (QoL) Hardship locations – Locations where QoL living conditions are substantially below the standard most members in the continental Unites States would generally experience. HDP-L is intended to recognize the extraordinary arduous living conditions, excessive physical hardship, and/or unhealthful conditions that exist in a location or assignment. Rates are payable in increments of $50, $100, or $150 a month based on level of QoL hardship in a given area. Hardship Duty Pay for Location Assignment (HDP-L) is payable to members for either permanent change of station duty or temporary/deployed/attached duty of over 30 days duration in specified locations. This entitlement is payable to both officers and enlisted members when assigned for duty in the locations listed in DoD 7000.14-R, Financial Management Regulation Volume 7A, Chapter 17.
Hardship Duty Pay - Mission Assignment (HDP-M)
HDP-M is payable to members, both officer and enlisted, for performing designated hardship missions. HDP-M is payable at the full monthly rate, without prorating or reduction, for each month, during any part of which the member performs a specified mission. Active and Reserve Component members who qualify at any time during a 42 month shall receive the full amount of HDP-M regardless of the period of time on active duty or the number of days they receive basic pay during the month. A member assigned to, on temporary duty with, or otherwise under the operational control of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting, or the Central Identification Lab-Hawaii may qualify for HDP-M based on performance of a hardship mission. Members so assigned are entitled for each month in which they perform investigative or remains recovery duty for remains of U.S. servicemembers in remote, isolated areas; including, but not limited to, areas in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and North Korea.
NOTE: Effective February 15, 2007, the maximum total HDP-L that may be paid to a member in any 1 month who is also in receipt of Hostile Fire Pay/Imminent Danger Pay (HFP/IDP) is $100. The total entitlement of HDP-L plus HFP/IDP in any 1 month may not exceed $325.

Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP)
Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) is an incentive to encourage enlisted members to qualify for and serve in designated duties involving the performance of extremely difficult duties or duties demanding an unusual degree of responsibility.
PIRR members are eligible; however, they only receive pay while on active duty orders.
IMAs receive pay while in any duty status. Contact your servicing Detachment for more information.
For the most up-to-date SDAP table, go to the SDAP myFSS page.