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10 U.S.C. § 9253 — Flying officer rating: qualifications
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Only officers of the Air Force in the following categories may be rated as flying officers:
(1) Officers who have aeronautical ratings as pilots of service types of aircraft or as aircraft observers.
(2) Flight surgeons.
(3) Officers undergoing flight training.
(4) Officers who are members of combat crews, other than pilots of service types of aircraft, aircraft observers, and observers.
(5) In time of war, officers who have aeronautical ratings as observers.
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Only officers of the Air Force in the following categories may be rated as flying officers:
(1) Officers who have aeronautical ratings as pilots of service types of aircraft or as aircraft observers.
(2) Flight surgeons.
(3) Officers undergoing flight training.
(4) Officers who are members of combat crews, other than pilots of service types of aircraft, aircraft observers, and observers.
(5) In time of war, officers who have aeronautical ratings as observers.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In General.—** Not less than 90 days before the award of a contract for the dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, or the provision of funds to a naval shipyard for the dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the following:
(1) A cost and schedule baseline for the dismantlement and disposal approved by the service acquisition executive of the Department of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations.
(2) A description of the regulatory framework applicable to the management of radioactive materials in connection with the dismantlement and disposal, including, in cases in which the Navy intends to have another government entity serve as the regulatory enforcement authority—
(A) a certification from that entity of its agreement to serve as the regulatory enforcement authority; and
(B) a description of the legal basis for the authority of that entity to serve as the regulatory enforcement authority.
**(b) Supplemental Information With Budgets.—** In the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President for a fiscal year (as submitted to Congress under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim)), the Secretary of the Navy shall include information on each dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier occurring or planned to occur during the period of the future-years defense program submitted to Congress with that budget. Such information shall include, by ship concerned, the following:
(1) A summary of activities and significant developments in c
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**(a) Bonus Authorized.—** An aviation officer described in subsection (b) who, during the period beginning on January 1, 1989, and ending on December 31, 2018, executes a written agreement to remain on active duty in aviation service for at least one year may, upon the acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary concerned, be paid a retention bonus as provided in this section.
**(b) Covered Officers.—** An aviation officer referred to in subsection (a) is an officer of a uniformed service who—
(1) is entitled to aviation career incentive pay under [section 301a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section301a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) is in a pay grade below pay grade O–7;
(3) is qualified to perform operational flying duty; and
(4) has completed any active duty service commitment incurred for undergraduate aviator training or is within one year of completing such commitment.
**(c) Amount of Bonus.—** The amount of a retention bonus paid under this section may not be more than $25,000 for each year covered by the written agreement to remain on active duty.
**(d) Proration.—** The term of an agreement under subsection (a) and the amount of the bonus under subsection (c) may be prorated as long as such agreement does not extend beyond the date on which the officer making such agreement would complete 25 years of aviation service.
**(e) Payment of Bonus.—** Upon the acceptance of a written agreement under subsection (a) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount payable pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed and may be paid by the Secretary in either a lump sum or installments.
**(f) Additional Pay.—** A retention bonus paid under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which an officer is
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9251
1971—Pub. L. 92–168, § 3(2), Nov. 24, 1971, 85 Stat. 489,
struck out item 8692 ‘‘Pilot rating in time of peace:
qualifications’’.
1968—Pub. L. 90–235, §§ 6(a)(5), 7(a)(6), (b)(6), Jan. 2,
1968, 81 Stat. 762, 763, struck out items 8682 ‘‘Service
credit: officers; service as cadet not counted’’, 8685
‘‘Regular Air Force; Air Force Reserve: female mem-
bers; definition of ‘dependents’ ’’, 8690 ‘‘Exemption from
arrest for debt: enlisted members’’, and 8693 ‘‘Replace-
ment of certificates of discharge’’.
1958—Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(189), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1534,
struck out items 8681 ‘‘Air Force Register: Regular Air
Force officers; service to be listed’’ and 8688 ‘‘Death
gratuity’’.
§ 9251. Presentation of United States flag upon
retirement
(a) PRESENTATION OF FLAG.—Upon the release
of a member of the Air Force or the Space Force
from active duty for retirement, the Secretary
of the Air Force shall present a United States
flag to the member.
(b) MULTIPLE
PRESENTATIONS
NOT
AUTHOR-
IZED.—A member is not eligible for a presen-
tation of a flag under subsection (a) if the mem-
ber has previously been presented a flag under
this section or any other provision of law pro-
viding for the presentation of a United States
flag incident to release from active service for
retirement.
(c) NO COST TO RECIPIENT.—The presentation
of a flag under this section shall be at no cost to
the recipient.
(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VI, § 644(c)(1),
Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2049, § 8681; amended Pub.
L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 652(e), Oct. 5, 1999, 113
Stat. 666; renumbered § 9251, Pub. L. 115–232, div.
A, title VIII, § 806(b)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat.
1833; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(9),
Jan.
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