Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§9191 Non-regular Officers: Status
Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 921 — ACTIVE DUTY › § 9191
Summary
A commissioned Air Force officer who is not in the Regular Air Force and who is on active duty gets the same legal rights, privileges, and benefits as an Air Force Reserve officer. The Reserve officer must hold the same grade, have the same length of service, and be on active duty in that reserve grade.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9191
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A commissioned officer of the Air Force, other than of the Regular Air Force, who is on active duty in any commissioned grade has the rights and privileges, and is entitled to the benefits, provided by law for a commissioned officer of the Air Force Reserve—
(1)whose reserve grade is that in which the officer not of the Regular Air Force is serving;
(2)who has the same length of service as the officer not of the Regular Air Force; and
(3)who is on active duty in his reserve grade.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 849110:506d(h).Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 515(h), 61 Stat. 908. The first 12 words are substituted for 10:506d(h) (1st 11 words). The words “has the rights and privileges, and is entitled to the benefits” are substituted for the words “shall be entitled * * * to the same rights, privileges, and benefits”. Clause (1) is substituted for the words “in a grade the same as such ‘active-duty grade’ ”. The words “as the officer not of the Regular Air Force” are substituted for the words “holding appointment in the Army Reserve”. The words “his reserve grade” are substituted for the words “the grade held in the Army”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8491 of this title as this section.
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. § 9191
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102