Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9345 Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 943— - RETIRED GRADE › § 9345
Summary
Allows retired Air/Space Force members who were advanced under section 9344 to apply to the Air Force Secretary within three months to return to their former warrant or enlisted status if the Secretary approves.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9345
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Each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Air Force or the Space Force who has been advanced on the retired list to a higher commissioned grade under section 9344 of this title, and who applies to the Secretary of the Air Force within three months after his advancement, shall, if the Secretary approves, be restored on the retired list to his former warrant-officer or enlisted status, as the case may be.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 896510:1006.
June 29, 1948, ch. 708, § 204, 62 Stat. 1086. The words “hereafter”, “rank or”, and “shall thereafter be deemed to be enlisted or warrant officer personnel, as appropriate, for all purposes” are omitted as surplusage. The words “three months from
June 29, 1948” and “whichever is later” are omitted as executed.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 9345, added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 542(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1742; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 535(c), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 606; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 531(c), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2199, related to exchange program with foreign military academies, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1248(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2525. Another prior section 9345, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 565, related to selection of Filipinos for instruction at the Air Force Academy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–94, title X, § 1004(c)(2), (d), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 660, effective one year after Sept. 24, 1983. A prior section 9345a, added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 541(c)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4456; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 553(c), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3377, related to foreign and cultural exchange activities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1248(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2525.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Space Force” after “member of the Air Force”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8965 of this title as this section and substituted “section 9344” for “section 8964”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–456 substituted “retired” for “Regular Air Force” in section catchline. 1987—Pub. L. 100–180 struck out “Regular” before “Air Force who”.
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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9345
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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