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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 915— APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE AND IN THE SPACE FORCE · § 9151

§ 9151. Commissioned officer grades

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The commissioned grades in the Regular Air Force and in the Space Force are:
(1)Major general.
(2)Brigadier general.
(3)Colonel.
(4)Lieutenant colonel.
(5)Major.
(6)Captain.
(7)First lieutenant.
(8)Second lieutenant.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 507, § 8281; renumbered § 9151, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1741(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 679.)
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 507
  • 132 Stat. 1832
  • 137 Stat. 679
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