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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§9405 Civilian Flying School Instructors: Instruction at Air Force Training Commands

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 951 — TRAINING GENERALLY › § 9405

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can send civilians from the teaching staff of Air Force‑approved civilian flying schools to train at Air Force training commands. The training must not cost the U.S. government, except the government may pay for training supplies. A civilian in that training may get care in a Government hospital if sick or hurt. The United States won’t be billed for the care except for government medical staff services and use of hospital equipment; medicines and supplies are not covered. If a civilian is injured, or a dependent dies from injury or disease while training, they cannot get compensation, a pension, or a gratuity.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9405

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9405

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102