Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§7656 Aircraft and equipment: civilian aviation schools
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 771— - ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES › § 7656
Summary
The Army Secretary may, under his rules, lend aircraft and equipment to accredited civilian aviation schools that are training Army or Air Force personnel on orders.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7656
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The Secretary of the Army, under regulations to be prescribed by him, may lend aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical equipment and accessories that are required for instruction, training, and maintenance, to accredited civilian aviation schools at which personnel of the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force are pursuing a course of instruction and training under detail by competent orders.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 465610:298b.Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 35, § 4, 53 Stat. 556. The words “in his discretion and”, “rules”, “limitations”, and “on hand and belonging to the Government, such articles as may appear to be” are omitted as surplusage. The words “Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force” are substituted for the words “Military Establishment”, since the authority is reciprocal.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7656 was renumbered section 8856 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4656 of this title as this section. 1982—Pub. L. 97–295 struck out “, and at least one of which is designated by the Civil Aeronautics Authority for the training of Negro air pilots” after “competent orders”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7656
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73