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10 U.S.C. § 9324 — Forty years or more: Air Force officers and Space Force officers
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**(a)** Except as provided in [section 1186 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1186&num=0&edition=prelim), a commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 9326 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9326&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
**(b)** Any warrant officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 9326(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9326/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
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**(a)** Except as provided in [section 1186 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1186&num=0&edition=prelim), a commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 9326 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9326&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
**(b)** Any warrant officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 9326(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9326/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
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**(a)** At any time during proceedings under this chapter with respect to the removal of an officer from active duty, the Secretary of the military department concerned may grant a request by the officer—
(1) for voluntary retirement, if the officer is qualified for retirement; or
(2) for discharge in accordance with subsection (b)(2).
**(b)** An officer removed from active duty under [section 1184 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1184&num=0&edition=prelim) shall—
(1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal, be retired in the grade and with the retired pay for which he would be eligible if retired under such provision; and
(2) if ineligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal—
(A) be honorably discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (a) of [section 1181 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1181&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) be discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (b) of [section 1181 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1181&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** An officer who is discharged under subsection (b)(2) is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under [section 1174(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1174/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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)** For the purpose of determining whether an officer of the Air Force or the Space Force may be retired under section 9311, 9318, or 9324 of this title, the officer’s years of service are computed by adding—
(1) all active service performed as a member of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force; and
(2) all service in the Navy or Marine Corps that may be included in determining the eligibility of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps for retirement.
**(b)** For the purpose of determining whether a medical officer of the Regular Air Force may be retired under section 9311, 9318, or 9324 of this title, the officer’s years of service are computed by adding to the officer’s service under subsection (a) all service performed as a contract surgeon, acting assistant surgeon, or contract physician, under a contract to serve full time and to take and change station as ordered.
**(c)** For the purpose of determining whether a dental officer of the Regular Air Force may be retired under section 9311, 9318, or 9324 of this title, the officer’s years of service are computed by adding to the officer’s service under subsection (a) all service as a contract dental surgeon or acting dental surgeon.
**(d)** [Section 972(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section972/b&num=0&edition=prelim) excludes from computation of an officer’s years of service for purposes of this section any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9324
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8920 of this
title as this section.
1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted ‘‘permanent profes-
sors and the Director of Admissions’’ for ‘‘professors’’
in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary of
the Air Force may retire any permanent professor of
the United States Air Force Academy who has more
than 30 years of service as a commissioned officer.’’
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.
§ 9321. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of
the United States Air Force Academy; waiver
authority
(a) MANDATORY RETIREMENT.—Upon the termi-
nation of the detail of an officer to the position
of Superintendent of the United States Air
Force Academy, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall retire the officer under any provision of
this chapter under which the officer is eligible
to retire.
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may waive the requirement in subsection
(a) for good cause. In each case in which such a
waiver is granted for an officer, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a written notification of the waiver, with
a statement of the reasons supporting the deci-
sion that the officer not retire, and a written no-
tification of the intent of the President to nomi-
nate the officer for reassignment. In the event a
waiver under this subsection is gr
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