(a) So far as consistent with the requirements of military training and service, and under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force with the approval of the President, enlisted members of the Air Force and enlisted members of the Space Force shall be permitted to study and receive instruction to increase their military efficiency and to enable them to return to civilian life better equipped for industrial, commercial, and business occupations. Part of this instruction may be vocational education in agriculture or the mechanic arts. Civilian teachers may be employed to aid Air Force officers and Space Force officers in this instruction.
(b) Schools for the instruction of enlisted members of the Air Force or the Space Force in the common branches of education, including United States history, shall be maintained at all air bases at which members of the Air Force or the Space Force are stationed. The Secretary may detail members of the Air Force or the Space Force to carry out this subsection. The commander of each air base where schools are maintained under this subsection shall provide a suitable room or building for school and religious purposes.
Structure US Code
Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force
CHAPTER 951— TRAINING GENERALLY
§ 9402. Enlisted members of Air Force or Space Force: schools
§ 9403. Aviation cadets and aviation students: schools
§ 9404. Aviation students: detail of enlisted members of Air Force
§ 9405. Civilian flying school instructors: instruction at Air Force training commands
§ 9406. Service schools: leaves of absence for instructors
§ 9413. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: establishment
§ 9414. Degree granting authority for United States Air Force Institute of Technology
§ 9414b. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: administration
§ 9415. Community College of the Air Force: associate degrees
§ 9417. Degree granting authority for Air University
§ 9419. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits