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§9433a Superintendent: Condition for Detail to Position

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force › Part III— TRAINING › Chapter 953— UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY › § 9433a

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

An officer must agree, before being assigned as Superintendent of the Academy, that when the assignment ends the officer will be retired under section 9321(a) unless a waiver is granted under section 9321(b). The officer must serve at least three years as Superintendent. If the officer leaves, is reassigned, or retires before completing three years (except by death), the Secretary of the Air Force must notify Congress and explain why.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9433a

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(a)As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the Academy, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer shall be retired pursuant to section 9321(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section 9321(b) of this title.
(b)An officer who is detailed to the position of Superintendent of the Academy shall be so detailed for a period of not less than three years. In any case in which an officer serving as Superintendent is reassigned or retires before having completed three years service as Superintendent, or otherwise leaves that position (other than due to death) without having completed three years service in that position, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress notice that such officer left the position of Superintendent without having completed three years service in that position, together with a statement of the reasons why that officer did not complete three years service in that position.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 806(a)(3), renumbered section 9333a of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9321(a)” for “section 8921(a)” and “section 9321(b)” for “section 8921(b)”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–375 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted “pursuant to section 8921(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section 8921(b) of this title” before period at end, and added subsec. (b).

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. Application of Section to Superintendents Serving on October 5, 1999Section not applicable to an officer serving on Oct. 5, 1999, in the position of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy, or Air Force Academy for so long as that officer continues on and after that date to serve in that position without a break in service, see section 532(a)(5) of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 7321 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9433a

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60