Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9656 Aircraft and equipment: civilian aviation schools
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 971— - ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES › § 9656
Summary
Air Force Secretary can loan aircraft, parts, and equipment to accredited flight schools when Army or Air Force personnel train there under orders and under rules the Secretary sets.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9656
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The Secretary of the Air Force, 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 Air Force or the Department of the Army are pursuing a course of instruction and training under detail by competent orders.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
1956 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 965610:298b.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 Air Force or the Department of the Army” are substituted for the words “Military Establishment”, since the authority is reciprocal. 1982 ActIn 10:9656, the words “, and at least one of which is designated by the Civil Aeronautics Authority for the training of Negro air pilots” are stricken as obsolete.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
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”.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9656
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73