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[CITE: 10USC8020]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                CHAPTER 803--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
Sec. 8020. Inspector General

    (a) There is an Inspector General of the Air Force who shall be 
detailed to such position by the Secretary of the Air Force from the 
general officers of the Air Force. An officer may not be detailed to 
such position for a tour of duty of more than four years, except that 
the Secretary may extend such a tour of duty if he makes a special 
finding that the extension is necessary in the public interest.
    (b) When directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Staff, the 
Inspector General shall--
        (1) inquire into and report upon the discipline, efficiency, and 
    economy of the Air Force; and
        (2) perform any other duties prescribed by the Secretary or the 
    Chief of Staff.

    (c) The Inspector General shall periodically propose programs of 
inspections to the Secretary of the Air Force and shall recommend 
additional inspections and investigations as may appear appropriate.
    (d) The Inspector General shall cooperate fully with the Inspector 
General of the Department of Defense in connection with the performance 
of any duty or function by the Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3) 
regarding the Department of the Air Force.
    (e) The Inspector General shall have such deputies and assistants as 
the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe. Each such deputy and 
assistant shall be an officer detailed by the Secretary to that position 
from the officers of the Air Force for a tour of duty of not more than 
four years, under a procedure prescribed by the Secretary.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 521(a)(5), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1059.)

                       References in Text

    The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (d), is 
Pub. L. 95-452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
