Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§9432 Departments and professors: titles

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART III— - TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 953— - UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY › § 9432

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can name departments and professors, but name changes don't affect professors' status, rank, promotion, or retirement.

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Title 10, §9432

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The Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe the titles of each of the departments of instruction and the professors of the Academy. However, the change of the title of a department or officer does not affect the status, rank, or eligibility for promotion or retirement of, or otherwise prejudice, a professor at the Academy.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 933210:1061a.Dec. 14, 1942, ch. 729, 56 Stat. 1049. The words “now or after December 14, 1942, established at” are omitted as surplusage. The word “precedence” is omitted as covered by the word “rank”. The words “pay, allowances” are omitted, since they are determined by the grade held. The words “from time to time”, “shall be known”, and “operate in any case or on any account” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9332 of this title as this section.

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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. § 9432

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73