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[CITE: 10USC8011]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                CHAPTER 803--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
Sec. 8011. Organization

    The Department of the Air Force is separately organized under the 
Secretary of the Air Force. It operates under the authority, direction, 
and control of the Secretary of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 87-651, title II, Sec. 213(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 
524, Sec. 8010; renumbered Sec. 8011, Pub. L. 99-433, title V, 
Sec. 521(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1055.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 1962 Amendment
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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8010..................................  5:171a(c)(7) (1st sentence, as       Ju
ly 26, 1947, ch. 343, Sec.
                                         applicable to Department of Air      2
02(c)(7) (1st sentence as
                                         Force).                              a
pplicable to Department of Air
                                                                              F
orce); added Aug. 6, 1958, Pub.
                                                                              L
. 85-599, Sec.  3(a) (1st
                                                                              s
entence of 8th par., as
                                                                              a
pplicable to Department of Air
                                                                              F
orce), 72 Stat. 516.
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    The word ``operates'' is substituted for the words ``shall 
function''.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8011 was renumbered section 8012 of this title.
