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10 U.S.C. § 9431 — Establishment; Superintendent; faculty
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**(a)** There is in the Department of the Air Force an Air Force Academy (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Academy”) for the instruction and preparation for military service of selected persons called “cadets”. The organization of the Academy shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.
**(b)** There shall be at the Academy the following:
(1) A Superintendent.
(2) A Dean of the Faculty.
(3) A Commandant of Cadets.
(4) 25 permanent professors.
(5) A chaplain.
(6) A director of admissions.
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**(a)** There is in the Department of the Air Force an Air Force Academy (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Academy”) for the instruction and preparation for military service of selected persons called “cadets”. The organization of the Academy shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.
**(b)** There shall be at the Academy the following:
(1) A Superintendent.
(2) A Dean of the Faculty.
(3) A Commandant of Cadets.
(4) 25 permanent professors.
(5) A chaplain.
(6) A director of admissions.
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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.—** 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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**(a)** The Dean of the Faculty is responsible to the Superintendent for developing and sustaining the curriculum and overseeing the faculty of the Academy. The qualifications, selection procedures, training, pay grade, and retention of the Dean shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, except that a person may not be appointed or assigned as Dean unless that person holds the highest academic degree in that person’s academic field. If a person appointed as the Dean is not an officer on active duty, the person shall be appointed as a member of the Senior Executive Service.
**(b)** The retirement age of an officer appointed as Dean of the Faculty is that of a permanent professor of the Academy.
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**(a)** A permanent professor of the Academy who is the head of a department of instruction, or who has served as such a professor for more than six years, has the grade of colonel in the Air Force or the Space Force. However, a permanent professor appointed from the Regular Air Force or the Space Force has the grade of colonel after the date when such person completes six years of service as a professor, or after the date on which such person would have been promoted had such person been selected for promotion from among officers in the promotion zone, whichever is earlier. All other permanent professors have the grade of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force or the Space Force.
**(b)** A person appointed as director of admissions of the Academy has the regular grade of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force or the grade of lieutenant colonel in the Space Force, and, after such person has served six years as director of admissions, has the regular grade of colonel in the Air Force or the grade of lieutenant colonel in the Space Force. However, a person appointed from the Regular Air Force has the regular grade of colonel and a person appointed from the Space Force has the grade of colonel in the Space Force after the date when such person completes six years of service as director of admissions, or after the date on which such person would have been promoted had such person been selected for promotion from among officers in the promotion zone, whichever is earlier.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9431
2016—Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 591(b), title XII,
§ 1248(b)(2)(C), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2152, 2525, struck
out items 9337 ‘‘Chaplain’’, 9344 ‘‘Selection of persons
from foreign countries’’, 9345 ‘‘Exchange program with
foreign military academies’’, and 9345a ‘‘Foreign and
cultural exchange activities’’.
2009—Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 528(b), Oct. 28,
2009, 123 Stat. 2290, added item 9362.
2008—Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 541(c)(2), Oct.
14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4456, added item 9345a.
2006—Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(g)(2), Oct.
17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2402, made technical correction to di-
rectory language of Pub. L. 108–375, § 544(c)(2). See 2004
Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 532(d)(3), Oct. 17, 2006,
120 Stat. 2206, added item 9361.
2004—Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 545(c)(2), Oct. 28,
2004, 118 Stat. 1909, added item 9360.
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 544(c)(2), Oct. 28, 2004,
118 Stat. 1907, as amended by Pub. L. 109–364, div. A,
title X, § 1071(g)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2402, added
item 9359.
1999—Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 532(a)(4)(F), div.
B, title XXVIII, § 2871(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 604,
877, added items 9333a and 9356.
1998—Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1063(c)(2), Oct.
17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2132, added item 9357.
1997—Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 542(c)(2), Nov. 18,
1997, 111 Stat. 1743, added item 9345.
1996—Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 533(c)(2), Feb.
10, 1996, 110 Stat. 315, struck out item 9356 ‘‘Athletics
program: athletic director; nonappropriated fund ac-
count’’.
1994—Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 556(c)(2), Oct. 5,
1994, 108 Stat. 2775, added item 9356.
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