Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§9066 Regular Air Force: Composition
Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 907 — THE AIR FORCE › § 9066
Summary
Defines who counts as the Regular Air Force: people meant to serve continuously on active duty in peace and war, plus retired Regular Air Force members. It includes officers and enlisted members, the professors, the registrar, and cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, and retired officers and enlisted members.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9066
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(a)The Regular Air Force is the component of the Air Force that consists of persons whose continuous service on active duty in both peace and war is contemplated by law, and of retired members of the Regular Air Force.
(b)The Regular Air Force includes—
(1)the officers and enlisted members of the Regular Air Force;
(2)the professors, registrar, and cadets at the United States Air Force Academy; and
(3)the retired officers and enlisted members of the Regular Air Force.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8075(a)8075(b)10:1832(a).10:1832 (less (a)).Sept. 19, 1951, ch. 407, § 302, 65 Stat. 329; Apr. 1, 1954, ch. 127, § 7, 68 Stat. 48. In subsection (b), the words “holding appointments or enlisted in the Regular Air Force as now or hereafter provided by law”, “and such other persons as are now or may hereafter be specified by law”, and “commissioned * * * warrant officers” are omitted as surplusage, since the revised section lists all persons in the Regular Air Force. 10:1832(b) (last sentence) is omitted as executed.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2019—Pub. L. 116–92 renumbered section 9075 of this title as this section. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8075 of this title as section 9075 of this title. 1958—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 85–600 included the registrar of the Air Force Academy.
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. § 9066
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102