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§8218 Aviation designations: naval flight officer

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 825— - ADMINISTRATION › § 8218

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Title 10, §8218

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Any officer of the naval service may be designated a naval flight officer if he has successfully completed the course prescribed for naval flight officers.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 602434 U.S.C. 735 (par. 3).June 24, 1926, ch. 668, § 3 (par. 3), 44 Stat. 767. The phrase “by competent authority” is omitted as surplusage. The definition form of 34 U.S.C. 735 is not followed.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 8218, added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(164)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1515; amended Pub. L. 96–107, title III, § 302(d), Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 806; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(23)(B), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473, related to authorized strength of Air Force in reserve general officers in active status, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(a)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2988. See section 12004 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6024 of this title as this section. 1970—Pub. L. 91–198 substituted “naval flight officer” for “naval aviation observer” and “naval flight officers” for “naval aviation observers,” and struck out requirement that such officer have been in the air at least 100 hours.

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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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10 U.S.C. § 8218

Title 10Armed Forces

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Apr 6, 2026

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