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§9405 Civilian Flying School Instructors: Instruction at Air Force Training Commands
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force › Part III— TRAINING › Chapter 951— TRAINING GENERALLY › § 9405
Summary
The Secretary may train civilian instructors from flying schools accredited by the Air Force at Air Force training commands. The United States only pays for necessary training supplies and for government medical staff and hospital equipment if trainees need care (not medicines or other supplies). No compensation, pension, or gratuity is payable for injury or death.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9405
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(a)The Secretary of the Air Force may provide for the instruction and training, at Air Force training commands, of civilians selected from the instructional staffs of civilian flying schools that are accredited by the Department of the Air Force for the education and training of members of the Air Force.
(b)The training of civilians under subsection (a) shall be without cost to the United States, except for supplies necessary for training purposes.
(c)A civilian undergoing training under subsection (a) may be treated in a Government hospital if he becomes sick or is injured. However, that treatment shall be without cost to the United States except for services of Government medical personnel and the use of hospital equipment other than medicine or supplies.
(d)No civilian who sustains a personal injury, and no dependent of a civilian who dies of disease or injury, while undergoing training under subsection (a), is entitled to any compensation, pension, or gratuity for that injury or death.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9305(a)9305(b)10:292c–1 (less provisos).10:292c–1 (1st proviso).Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 35, § 3, 53 Stat. 556. 9305(c)10:292c–1 (2d proviso). 9305(d)10:292c–1 (last proviso). In subsection (a), the words “under such
Rules and Regulations
as he may prescribe” are omitted, since the Secretary has inherent authority to issue
Regulations
appropriate to exercising his statutory functions. The words “Air Force training commands” are substituted for the words “the Air Corps Training Center”, since those commands now perform the functions formerly performed by the Air Corps Training Center. The words “in his discretion”, “experience”, and “upon their own applications” are omitted as surplusage. The words “and may provide for the instruction and training” are substituted for the words “is authorized to enroll as students * * * for the pursuit of such courses of instruction as may be prescribed therefor”. In subsection (b), the words “the furnishing of such” are omitted as surplusage. The words “matériel, or equipment” are omitted as covered by the word “supplies”, as defined in section 101(26) of this title. In subsection (c), the word “Government” is substituted for the words “Medical Department” to conform to the first sentence of the revised subsection.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9305 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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9405
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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