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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 941— RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE · § 9311

§ 9311. Twenty years or more: regular or reserve commissioned officers

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(a)The Secretary of the Air Force may, upon the officer’s request, retire a regular or reserve commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who has at least 20 years of service computed under section 9326 of this title, at least 10 years of which have been active service as a commissioned officer.
(1)The Secretary of Defense may authorize the Secretary of the Air Force, during the period specified in paragraph (2), to reduce the requirement under subsection
(a)for at least 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer to a period (determined by the Secretary of the Air Force) of not less than eight years.
(2)The period specified in this paragraph is the period beginning on January 7, 2011, and ending on September 30, 2018.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 549, § 8911; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 523(c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 561(e), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2025; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V, § 571(e)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–134; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 502(c), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3225; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(37), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2400;
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 506(c), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4210; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 505(c), title X, § 1076(e)(6), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1715, 1951; renumbered § 9311 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(13), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(13), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.)
The words “a regular or reserve commissioned officer of the Air Force” are substituted for the words “any officer on the active list of the * * * Regular Air Force * * * or any officer of the reserve components of the * * * Air Force of the United States”. The words “Philippine Scouts” are omitted as obsolete. The words “has at least 20” are substituted for the words “shall have completed not less than twenty”. The words “upon his request” are substituted for the words “upon his own application”.
The words “service computed under section 8926 of this title” are substituted for the words “active Federal service in the armed forces of the United States”, since that revised section makes explicit the service covered.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 549
  • Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 523(c)
  • 104 Stat. 1562
  • Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(c)
  • 107 Stat. 1667
  • Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 561(e)
  • 112 Stat. 2025
  • Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]
  • 114 Stat. 1654
  • Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 502(c)
  • 119 Stat. 3225
  • Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(37)
  • 120 Stat. 2400
  • Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 506(c)
  • 124 Stat. 4210
  • Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 505(c)
  • 126 Stat. 1715
  • 132 Stat. 1833
  • 134 Stat. 3811
  • section 8926 of this title
  • Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(e)(6)
  • Pub. L. 112–239
  • Pub. L. 111–383
  • Pub. L. 109–364
  • Pub. L. 109–163
  • Pub. L. 106–398
  • Pub. L. 105–261
  • Pub. L. 103–160
  • Pub. L. 101–510
  • section 4403 of Pub. L. 102–484
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§ 9311
Twenty years or more: regular or reserve commissioned officers
Pub. L.×2
Stat. Comp.×2
U.S.C.×2
ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 549
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 523(c)
Stat.104 Stat. 1562
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(c)
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