Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§9434 Command and Supervision
Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 953 — UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY › § 9434
Summary
The Superintendent runs the Academy and is the commanding officer of the military post; permanent professors and the director of admissions only have authority over the academic department.
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Title 10, §9434
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(a)The immediate government of the Academy is under the Superintendent, who is also the commanding officer of the Academy and of the military post.
(b)The permanent professors and the director of admissions exercise command only in the academic department of the Academy.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9334(a)10:1042.R.S. 1311. 9334(b)10:1079.June 28, 1902, ch. 1300 (1st proviso under “Permanent Establishment”), 32 Stat. 409. In subsection (a), the words “and, in his absence, the next in rank” are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (b), reference to assimilated rank is omitted as superseded by section 9336 of this title. The words “and the associate professor” are omitted as obsolete.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9334 of this title as this section. 1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted “director of admissions” for “registrar”. 1958—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85–600 inserted reference to registrar.
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. § 9434
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102