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[CITE: 10USC8032]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                       CHAPTER 805--THE AIR STAFF
 
Sec. 8032. The Air Staff: general duties

    (a) The Air Staff shall furnish professional assistance to the 
Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Air 
Force, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
    (b) Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of 
the Air Force, the Air Staff shall--
        (1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 8014 of this 
    title, prepare for such employment of the Air Force, and for such 
    recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including those 
    aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the 
    Air Force), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, 
    administering, and maintaining of the Air Force, as will assist in 
    the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or 
    the Chief of Staff;
        (2) investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Air Force 
    and its preparation to support military operations by combatant 
    commands;
        (3) prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved 
    plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;
        (4) as directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Staff, 
    coordinate the action of organizations of the Air Force; and
        (5) perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as 
    may be prescribed by the Secretary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 490; Pub. L. 85-599, Sec. 4(h), Aug. 
6, 1958, 72 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 522(b), Oct. 1, 
1986, 100 Stat. 1060.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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8032(a)...............................  10:1815(a).                          Se
pt. 19, 1951, ch. 407, Sec.  205,
8032(b)...............................  10:1815(b).                           6
5 Stat. 329.
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    In subsection (a), the word ``furnish'' is substituted for the word 
``render''.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``power, duty, or function of'' are 
substituted for the words ``power vested in, duty imposed upon, or 
function assigned to''.
    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``all questions affecting'' and 
``state of'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 522(b)(3), substituted ``The Air Staff: 
general duties'' for ``General duties'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 522(b)(1), inserted ``of the Air 
Force'' after ``Chief of Staff''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 522(b)(2), substituted ``Under the 
authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Air Force, the 
Air Staff'' for ``The Air Staff'' before par. (1), inserted ``subject to 
subsections (c) and (d) of section 8014 of this title,'' and substituted 
``(including those aspects of research and development assigned by the 
Secretary of the Air Force), training, servicing, mobilizing, 
demobilizing, administering, and maintaining'' for ``, training, 
serving, mobilizing, and demobilizing'' in par. (1), substituted ``to 
support military operations by combatant commands'' for ``for military 
operations'' in par. (2), and amended par. (4) generally. Prior to 
amendment, par. (4) read as follows: ``act as agent of the Secretary and 
the Chief of Staff in coordinating the action of all organizations of 
the Department of the Air Force; and''.
    1958--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 85-599 substituted ``prepare for such 
employment of the Air Force'' for ``prepare such plans for the national 
security, for employment of the Air Force for that purpose, both 
separately and in conjunction with the land and naval forces''.
