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[CITE: 10USC10174]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 1006--RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS
 
Sec. 10174. Air Force Reserve Command

    (a) Establishment of Command.--The Secretary of the Air Force, with 
the advice and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, shall 
establish an Air Force Reserve Command. The Air Force Reserve Command 
shall be operated as a separate command of the Air Force.
    (b) Commander.--The Chief of Air Force Reserve is the Commander of 
the Air Force Reserve Command. The commander of the Air Force Reserve 
Command reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
    (c) Assignment of Forces.--The Secretary of the Air Force--
        (1) shall assign to the Air Force Reserve Command all forces of 
    the Air Force Reserve stationed in the continental United States 
    other than forces assigned to the unified combatant command for 
    special operations forces established pursuant to section 167 of 
    this title; and
        (2) except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in 
    the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary 
    of the Air Force specified in section 8013 of this title, shall 
    assign to the combatant commands all such forces assigned to the Air 
    Force Reserve Command under paragraph (1) in the manner specified by 
    the Secretary of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1211(a)(1), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2690.)
