10 U.S.C. § 9342
Upon retirement, any permanent professor of the United States Air Force Academy whose grade is below brigadier general, and whose service as such a professor has been long and distinguished, may, in the discretion of the President, be retired in the grade of brigadier general.
10 U.S.C. § 9342
| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1956 ACT | ||
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8962(a) 8962(b) 8962(c) | 10:506b(d) (less 1st and last provisos).5:627b(h) (1st 42 words of 3d proviso).10:1079a(b) (less proviso). | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, §§504(d) (less 1st and last provisos), 520(b) (less proviso), 61 Stat. 888, 912.June 12, 1948, ch. 449, §303(h) (1st 42 words of 3d proviso), 62 Stat. 372. |
| 1958 ACT | ||
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8962 | [No source]. | [No source]. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 9342 was renumbered section 9442 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 8962 of this title as this section. 1996- Pub. L. 104-106 designated subsec. (b) as entire section and struck out subsec. (a) which read as follows: "Upon retirement, a commissioned officer of the Air Force who has served (1) as Chief of Staff to the President, (2) as Chief of Staff of the Air Force, (3) as a senior member of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations, or (4) as Surgeon General of the Air Force in the grade of lieutenant general may, in the discretion of the President, be retired, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the highest grade in which he served on active duty." 1980- Pub. L. 96-343, §13(b)(2), substituted "positions" for "positions: regular commissioned officers" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted "or (4)" for "(4) in a position of importance and responsibility designated by the President to carry the grade of general or lieutenant general under section 8066 of this title, or (5)". Pub. L. 96-343, §13(b)(1), substituted "Air Force who has" for "Regular Air Force who has" and "in which he served on active duty" for "held by him at any time on the active list". 1965-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-288 added the Surgeon General of the Air Force to the list of commissioned officers who may, in the discretion of the President, be retired, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the highest grade held by him at any time on the active list.1958-Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 85-861 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b), and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to retirement grade of a woman Air Force officer who served at least two and one-half years on active duty in the temporary grade of colonel in the Air Force under section 8071 of this title.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96-513 set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
APPOINTMENT BY PRESIDENT OF RETIRED COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF RESERVE COMPONENT TO HIGHER RETIRED GRADE; RECALCULATION OF PAYFor authority of the President to appoint a retired commissioned officer of a reserve component to a higher retired grade and for recalculation of pay, see section 13(c) of Pub. L. 96-343 set out as a note under section 7342 of this title.
RETIRED GRADE FOR CERTAIN GENERAL OFFICERS Extension of privilege granted by subsec. (a) of this section, to officers, heretofore or hereafter retired, who served in the grade of general or lieutenant general after Dec. 7, 1941, and before July 1, 1946, see section 38 of act Aug. 10, 1956, set out as a note under section 7342 of this title.
- active duty
- The term "active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including sustained duty in the Space Force. Such term includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Such term does not include full-time National Guard duty.
- commissioned officer
- The term "commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer.
- grade
- The term "grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation.
- officer
- The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.
- pay
- The term "pay" includes basic pay, special pay, retainer pay, incentive pay, retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances.