US Code
Title 10— ARMED FORCES
Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force

§ 9132. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments - (1) set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who...

§ 9137. Regular Air Force: aviation cadets; qualifications, grade, limitations - (a) The grade of aviation cadet is a special enlisted...

§ 9138. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: reenlistment after service as an officer - (a) Any former enlisted member of the Regular Air Force...

CHAPTER 915— APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE AND THE REGULAR SPACE FORCE

§ 9151. Commissioned officer grades - (1) Major general. (2) Brigadier general. (3) Colonel. (4) Lieutenant...

§ 9160. Warrant officers: original appointment; qualifications - Original appointments as warrant officers in the Regular Air Force...

CHAPTER 919— TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS

§ 9176. Retention on active duty - (1) the physical condition of the officer is such that...

CHAPTER 921— ACTIVE DUTY

§ 9191. Non-regular officers: status - (1) whose reserve grade is that in which the officer...

§ 9203. Retired commissioned officers: status - A retired commissioned officer of the Air Force or the...

CHAPTER 923— SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES

§ 9217. Duties: chaplains; assistance required of commanding officers - (a) Each chaplain shall, when practicable, hold appropriate religious services...

§ 9218. Duties: warrant officers; limitations - Under regulations prescribed by the President, a warrant officer may...

CHAPTER 925— RANK AND COMMAND

§ 9222. Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments - The President may, in accordance with the needs of the...

§ 9225. Rank: warrant officers - Warrant officers rank next below second lieutenants and rank among...

§ 9229. Command: commissioned officers in certain designated categories - An officer designated as a medical, dental, veterinary, medical service,...

§ 9231. Command: chaplains - An officer designated as a chaplain has rank without command.

§ 9233. Requirement of exemplary conduct - (1) to show in themselves a good example of virtue,...

CHAPTER 929— MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES

§ 9239. Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants - No officer of the Air Force or the Space Force...

CHAPTER 933— MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

§ 9251. Presentation of United States flag upon retirement - (a) Presentation of Flag.—Upon the release of a member of...

§ 9252. Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service - An enlisted member of the Regular Air Force or the...

§ 9253. Flying officer rating: qualifications - (1) Officers who have aeronautical ratings as pilots of service...

CHAPTER 935— HOSPITALIZATION

§ 9263. When Secretary may require - The Secretary of the Air Force may order the hospitalization,...

CHAPTER 937— DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

§ 9271. Medal of honor: award - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 9272. Air Force cross: award - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 9273. Distinguished-service medal: award - The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design...

§ 9274. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: limitations on award - (a) No more than one Air Force Cross or distinguished-service...

§ 9275. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award - The President may delegate his authority to award the medal...

§ 9276. Silver star: award - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 9277. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: replacement - Any medal of honor, Air Force cross, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service...

§ 9278. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations - The Secretary of the Air Force may spend, from any...

§ 9279. Distinguished flying cross: award; limitations - (a) The President may award a distinguished flying cross of...

§ 9280. Airman’s Medal: award; limitations - (a)(1) The President may award a decoration called the “Airman’s...

§ 9281. Service medals: issue; replacement; availability of appropriations - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall procure, and...

§ 9282. Medals: posthumous award and presentation - (a) If a person dies before the award of a...

§ 9284. Medal of honor: duplicate medal - A person awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written...

§ 9285. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag - The President shall provide for the presentation of the Medal...

§ 9286. Korea Defense Service Medal - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall issue a...

CHAPTER 939— SEPARATION FOR VARIOUS REASONS

§ 9307. Aviation cadets: discharge - The Secretary of the Air Force may discharge an aviation...

CHAPTER 941— RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE

§ 9311. Twenty years or more: regular or reserve commissioned officers - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may, upon the...

§ 9314. Twenty to thirty years: enlisted members - Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the...

§ 9317. Thirty years or more: regular enlisted members - A regular enlisted member of the Air Force or the...

§ 9318. Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers - A regular commissioned officer of the Air Force or the...

§ 9320. More than thirty years: permanent professors and the Director of Admissions of the United States Air Force Academy - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may retire an...

§ 9321. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy; waiver authority - (a) Mandatory Retirement.—Upon the termination of the detail of an...

§ 9324. Forty years or more: Air Force officers and Space Force officers - (a) Except as provided in section 1186 of this title,...

§ 9325. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; enlisted members - (a) For the purpose of determining whether an enlisted member...

§ 9326. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; regular and reserve commissioned officers - (a) For the purpose of determining whether an officer of...

§ 9329. Computation of retired pay: law applicable - A member of the Air Force or the Space Force...

CHAPTER 943— RETIRED GRADE

§ 9341. General rule - (a)(1) The retired grade of a regular commissioned officer of...

§ 9342. Higher grade for service in special positions - Upon retirement, any permanent professor of the United States Air...

§ 9343. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member’s misconduct - (a) A Reserve enlisted member of the Air Force described...

§ 9344. Higher grade after 30 years of service: warrant officers and enlisted members - (a) Each retired member of the Air Force or the...

§ 9345. Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members - Each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Air...

§ 9346. Retired lists - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a...

CHAPTER 945— COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY

§ 9361. Computation of retired pay - (a) Computation.—(1) Formula.—The monthly retired pay of a member entitled...

§ 9362. Recomputation of retired pay to reflect advancement on retired list - (a) Entitlement to Recomputation.—An enlisted member or warrant officer of...

CHAPTER 947— CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES

§ 9371. Air University: civilian faculty members - (a) Authority of Secretary.—The Secretary of the Air Force may...

§ 9375. Production of supplies and munitions: hours and pay of laborers and mechanics - During a national emergency declared by the President, the regular...

§ 9377. Civilian special agents of the Office of Special Investigations: authority to execute warrants and make arrests - (a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Air Force may authorize any...

CHAPTER 949— MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER DUTIES

§ 9381. Fatality reviews - (a) Review of Fatalities.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall...

PART III— TRAINING

CHAPTER 951— TRAINING GENERALLY

§ 9401. Members of Air Force and Space Force: detail as students, observers, and investigators at educational institutions, industrial plants, and hospitals - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members...

§ 9402. Enlisted members of Air Force or Space Force: schools - (a) So far as consistent with the requirements of military...

§ 9403. Aviation cadets and aviation students: schools - (1) one or more schools for the training and instruction...

§ 9404. Aviation students: detail of enlisted members of Air Force - The Secretary of the Air Force may detail enlisted Regulars...

§ 9405. Civilian flying school instructors: instruction at Air Force training commands - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may provide for...

§ 9406. Service schools: leaves of absence for instructors - The officer in charge of an Air Force or Space...

§ 9413. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: establishment - There is in the Department of the Air Force a...

§ 9414. Degree granting authority for United States Air Force Institute of Technology - (a) Authority.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air...

§ 9414a. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: admission of certain private sector civilians - (a) Admission Authorized.—(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may...

§ 9414b. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: administration - (a) Director and Chancellor.—(1) Selection.—The Director and Chancellor of the...

§ 9415. Community College of the Air Force: associate degrees - (a) Establishment and Mission.—There is in the Department of the...

§ 9417. Degree granting authority for Air University - (a) Authority.—Except as provided in sections 9414 and 9415 of...

§ 9419. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits - (a) Physically Separate Housing.—(1) The Secretary of the Air Force...

§ 9420. Recruit basic training: privacy - The Secretary of the Air Force shall require that access...

CHAPTER 953— UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY

§ 9431. Establishment; Superintendent; faculty - (a) There is in the Department of the Air Force...

§ 9432. Departments and professors: titles - The Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe the titles...

§ 9433. Superintendent; faculty: appointment and detail - (a) The Superintendent and the Commandant of Cadets of the...

§ 9433a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position - (a) Retirement.—As a condition for detail to the position of...

§ 9434. Command and supervision - (a) The immediate government of the Academy is under the...

§ 9435. Dean of the Faculty - (a) The Dean of the Faculty is responsible to the...

§ 9436. Permanent professors; director of admissions - (a) A permanent professor of the Academy who is the...

§ 9438. Civilian faculty: number; compensation - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may employ as...

§ 9441. Faculty and other officers: leaves of absence - The Superintendent of the Academy may grant a leave of...

§ 9441a. Cadets: appointment by the President - Cadets at the Academy shall be appointed by the President...

§ 9442. Cadets: appointment; numbers, territorial distribution - (a) The authorized strength of cadets of the Academy (determined...

§ 9442a. Cadets: nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate - (a) Senators.—In the event a Senator does not submit all...

§ 9443. Cadets: appointment; to bring to full strength - If it is determined that, upon the admission of a...

§ 9446. Cadets: requirements for admission - (a) To be eligible for admission to the Academy a...

§ 9447. Cadets; nominees: effect of redistricting of States - If as a result of redistricting a State the domicile...

§ 9448. Cadets: agreement to serve as officer - (a) Each cadet shall sign an agreement with respect to...

§ 9449. Cadets: organization; service; instruction - (a) A cadet shall perform duties at such places and...

§ 9450. Cadets: clothing and equipment - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe the...

§ 9451. Cadets: deficiencies in conduct or studies; effect of failure on successor - (a) A cadet who is reported as deficient in conduct...

§ 9452. Cadets: hazing - (a) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the...

§ 9453. Cadets: degree and commission on graduation - (a) The Superintendent of the Academy may, under such conditions...

§ 9454. Buildings and grounds: buildings for religious worship - The Secretary of the Air Force may authorize any denomination,...

§ 9455. Board of Visitors - (a) A Board of Visitors to the Academy is constituted...

§ 9456. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects - (a) Acceptance Authority.—Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the...

§ 9457. Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees - (a) Acceptance of Research Grants.—The Secretary of the Air Force...

§ 9459. Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds - (a) Authority.—In the case of an Academy mixed-funded athletic or...

§ 9460. Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation - (a) Prohibition.—Except as provided in subsection (b), no charge or...

§ 9461. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence - (a) Required Policy.—Under guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense,...

§ 9462. Support of athletic programs - (a) Corporation for Support Authorized.—(1) The Secretary of the Air...

CHAPTER 957— SCHOOLS AND CAMPS

§ 9481. Establishment: purpose - The Secretary of the Air Force may maintain schools and...

§ 9482. Operation - (1) prescribe the periods during which they will be operated;...

§ 9483. Transportation and subsistence during travel - (a) There may be furnished to a person attending a...

§ 9484. Quartermaster and ordnance property: sales - The Secretary of the Air Force may sell to a...

§ 9487. Air War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes - (a) Acceptance of Research Grants.—The Secretary of the Air Force...

CHAPTER 959— CIVIL AIR PATROL

§ 9491. Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes - (a) Status.—(1) The Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit corporation...

§ 9492. Status as volunteer civilian auxiliary of the Air Force - (a) Volunteer Civilian Auxiliary.—The Civil Air Patrol is a volunteer...

§ 9493. Activities performed as federally chartered nonprofit corporation - (a) Use of Federally Provided Resources.—In its status as a...

§ 9494. Activities performed as auxiliary of the Air Force - (a) Air Force Support for Activities.—The Secretary of the Air...

§ 9495. Funds appropriated for the Civil Air Patrol - Funds appropriated for the Civil Air Patrol shall be available...

§ 9496. Miscellaneous personnel authorities - (a) Use of Retired Air Force Personnel.—(1) Upon the request...

§ 9497. Board of Governors - (a) Governing Body.—The Board of Governors of the Civil Air...

§ 9498. Regulations - (a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe regulations...

PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT

CHAPTER 961— CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET

§ 9511. Definitions - (1) The terms “aircraft”, “citizen of the United States”, “civil...

[§ 9511a. Renumbered § 9512] -

§ 9512. Civil Reserve Air Fleet contracts: payment rate - (a) Authority.—The Secretary shall determine a fair and reasonable rate...

§ 9513. Contracts for the inclusion or incorporation of defense features - (a) Authority to Contract.—Subject to the provisions of chapter 137...

§ 9514. Indemnification of Department of Transportation for losses covered by defense-related aviation insurance - (a) Prompt Indemnification Required.—(1) In the event of a loss...

§ 9515. Charter air transportation services: minimum annual purchase amount for carriers participating in Civil Reserve Air Fleet - (a) In General.—The Secretary shall take steps to—(1) improve the...

§ 9516. Airlift service - (a) Interstate Transportation.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of...

§ 9517. Level of readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers - The Civil Reserve Air Fleet program is an important component...

CHAPTER 963— PROCUREMENT

[§ 9531. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9532. Factories, arsenals, and depots: manufacture at - The Secretary of the Air Force may have supplies needed...

[§§ 9534, 9535. Repealed. , (5), , ] -

§ 9536. Equipment: bakeries, schools, kitchens, and mess halls - (1) Equipment for air base bakeries. (2) Furniture, textbooks, paper,...

[§§ 9537, 9538. Repealed. , (7), , ] -

§ 9540. Architectural and engineering services - (a) Whenever he considers that it is advantageous to the...

[§ 9541. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 965— ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES

§ 9561. Rations - (a) The President may prescribe the components, and the quantities...

§ 9562. Clothing - The President may prescribe the quantity and kind of clothing...

§ 9563. Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion - The Secretary of the Air Force may order a gratuitous...

§ 9564. Navy and Marine Corps: camp equipment and transportation; when on shore duty with Air Force - While any detachment of the Navy or Marine Corps is...

§ 9565. Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may dispose of...

CHAPTER 967— UTILITIES AND SERVICES

§ 9591. Utilities: proceeds from overseas operations - During actual or threatened hostilities, proceeds from operating a public...

§ 9592. Radiograms and telegrams: forwarding charges due connecting commercial facilities - In the operation of telegraph lines, cables, or radio stations,...

§ 9593. Quarters: heat and light - The heat and light necessary for the authorized quarters of...

§ 9594. Department of the Air Force Military History Institute: fee for providing historical information to the public - (a) Authority.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of...

CHAPTER 969— SALE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL

§ 9621. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or military departments and employees; prices - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall procure and...

§ 9622. Rations: commissioned officers in field - Commissioned officers of the Air Force and commissioned officers of...

[§ 9623. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Air Force; American National Red Cross; Armed Forces Retirement Home - (a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of...

§ 9625. Ordnance property: officers of the armed forces; civilian employees of the Department of the Air Force; American National Red Cross; educational institutions; homes for veterans’ orphans - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may sell articles...

§ 9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or other state aircraft - (a) Provision of Supplies and Services on Reimbursable Basis.—(1) The...

§ 9627. Supplies: educational institutions - Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force...

§ 9628. Airplane parts and accessories: civilian flying schools - The Secretary of the Air Force may sell, to civilian...

§ 9629. Proceeds: disposition - (1) Exterior articles of uniform sold under section 9621 of...

CHAPTER 971— ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES

[§ 9651. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9652. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions having corps of cadets - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may lend, without...

§ 9653. Ordnance and ordnance stores: District of Columbia high schools - The Secretary of the Air Force, under regulations to be...

§ 9654. Supplies: military instruction camps - Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of...

§ 9655. Arms and ammunition: agencies and departments of United States - (a) Whenever required for the protection of public money and...

§ 9656. Aircraft and equipment: civilian aviation schools - The Secretary of the Air Force, under regulations to be...

CHAPTER 973— DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL

[§ 9681. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9682. Obsolete or excess material: sale to National Council of Boy Scouts of America - Subject to regulations under , the Secretary of the Air...

§ 9684. Surplus obsolete ordnance: sale to patriotic organizations - (1) surplus obsolete small arms and ammunition and equipment for...

§ 9685. Obsolete ordnance: loan to educational institutions and State soldiers’ and sailors’ orphans’ homes - (a) Upon the recommendation of the Governor of the State...

§ 9686. Obsolete ordnance: gift to State homes for soldiers and sailors - Subject to regulations under , the Secretary of the Air...

CHAPTER 975— DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED PERSONS

[§ 9711. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9712. Disposition of effects of deceased persons by summary court-martial - (a) Upon the death of—(1) a person subject to military...

[§ 9713. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 977— TRANSPORTATION

[§ 9741. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9742. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9743. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9746. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9748. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 979— REAL PROPERTY

§ 9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility - (1) land that he considers suitable and desirable for a...

[§ 9772. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9773. Acquisition and construction: installations and depots - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the...

[§ 9774. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9775. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9776. Emergency construction: fortifications - If in an emergency the President considers it urgent, a...

§ 9777. Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock - (1) the landing of ferries at a military reservation; (2)...

§ 9778. Licenses: military reservations; erection and use of buildings; Young Men’s Christian Association - Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of...

§ 9779. Use of public property - (a) When the economy of the Air Force or the...

§ 9780. Acquisition of buildings in District of Columbia - (a) In time of war or when war is imminent,...

§ 9781. Disposition of real property at missile sites - (a)(1) The Administrator of General Services shall dispose of the...

§ 9782. Maintenance and repair of real property - (a) Allocation of Funds.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall...

§ 9783. Johnston Atoll: reimbursement for support provided to civil air carriers - (a) Authority of the Secretary.—The Secretary of the Air Force...

CHAPTER 981— MILITARY CLAIMS

§ 9801. Definition - In this chapter, the term “settle” means consider, ascertain, adjust,...

§ 9802. Admiralty claims against the United States - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may settle or...

§ 9803. Admiralty claims by United States - (a) Under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the...

§ 9804. Salvage claims by United States - (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may settle, or...

[§ 9805. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9806. Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon acceptance of payment...

CHAPTER 983— ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

§ 9831. Custody of departmental records and property - The Secretary of the Air Force has custody and charge...

[§ 9832. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9833. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9835. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 9836. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 9837. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of members - (a) In General.—The Secretary of the Air Force may have...

§ 9838. Settlement of accounts: affidavit of squadron commander - (1) that vouchers or squadron books were lost; (2) anything...

§ 9839. Settlement of accounts: oaths - The Secretary of the Air Force may detail any employee...

§ 9840. Final settlement of officer’s accounts - Before final payment upon discharge may be made to an...

§ 9841. Payment of small amounts to public creditors - When authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force, a...

§ 9842. Settlement of accounts of line officers - The Comptroller General shall settle the account of a line...

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US Code Title 10— ARMED FORCES Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force

US Code
Title 10— ARMED FORCES
Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force