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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§9450 Cadets: Clothing and Equipment

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 953 — UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY › § 9450

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can set an amount to credit a cadet when they first enter the Academy to pay for initial uniforms and gear. That amount will be taken out of the cadet’s pay. If a cadet leaves before graduation and still owes money advanced for required clothing or equipment, the cadet must return enough distinctive military items to cover the debt. If those items are worth less than the debt, the remaining debt is canceled. Under rules the Secretary creates, a cadet can be given uniforms and equipment from the Academy when they ask for them.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9450

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(a)The Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe the amount to be credited to a cadet, upon original admission to the Academy, for the cost of his initial issue of clothing and equipment. That amount shall be deducted from his pay. If a cadet is discharged before graduation while owing the United States for pay advanced for the purchase of required clothing and equipment, he shall turn in so much of his clothing and equipment of a distinctive military nature as is necessary to repay the amount advanced. If the value of the clothing and equipment turned in does not cover the amount owed, the indebtedness shall be canceled.
(b)Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, uniforms and equipment shall be furnished to a cadet at the Academy upon his request.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9350(a)9350(b)10:1149a.10:1106.Aug. 31, 1918, ch. 166, § 9 (17th through 22d words), 40 Stat. 957. Aug. 22, 1951, ch. 340, § 1, 65 Stat. 196. In subsection (a), the words “while owing the United States for pay advanced for the purpose of” are substituted for the words “who is indebted to the United States on account of advances in pay to purchase”. The words “as is necessary to repay the amount advanced” are substituted for the words “to the extent required to discharge such indebtedness”. In subsection (b), the word “accouterments” is omitted as surplusage. The words “by the Government” and “such restrictions and” are omitted as surplusage. The words “at cost” are omitted to reflect Title IV of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (63 Stat. 585), which authorized the Secretary of Defense to prescribe

Regulations

governing the use and sale of certain inventories at cost, including applicable administrative expenses. (See opinion of the Assistant General Counsel (Fiscal Matters) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, January 4, 1955.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9350 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

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9450

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102