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[CITE: 10USC8911]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 867--RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 8911. Twenty years or more: regular or reserve commissioned 
        officers
        
    (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may, upon the officer's request, 
retire a regular or reserve commissioned officer of the Air Force who 
has at least 20 years of service computed under section 8926 of this 
title, at least 10 years of which have been active service as a 
commissioned officer.
    (b) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the Secretary of the Air 
Force, during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on 
December 31, 2001, to reduce the requirement under subsection (a) for at 
least 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer to a period 
(determined by the Secretary of the Air Force) of not less than eight 
years.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 549; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title 
V, Sec. 523(c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 561(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Pub. L. 105-261, 
div. A, title V, Sec. 561(e), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2025; Pub. L. 
106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 571(e)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 
Stat. 1654, 1654A-134.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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8911..................................  10:943a.                             Ju
ly 31, 1935, ch. 422, Sec.  5
                                        10:971b (1st 100 words).              (
1st 101 words); restated June 13,
                                                                              1
940, ch. 344, Sec.  3 (1st 45
                                                                              w
ords), 54 Stat. 380; June 29,
                                                                              1
948, ch. 708, Sec.  202 (1st 105
                                                                              w
ords), 62 Stat. 1084; July 16,
                                                                              1
953, ch. 203, 67 Stat. 175.
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    The words ``a regular or reserve commissioned officer of the Air 
Force'' are substituted for the words ``any officer on the active list 
of the * * * Regular Air Force * * * or any officer of the reserve 
components of the * * * Air Force of the United States''. The words 
``Philippine Scouts'' are omitted as obsolete. The words ``has at least 
20'' are substituted for the words ``shall have completed not less than 
twenty''. The words ``upon his request'' are substituted for the words 
``upon his own application''. The words ``service computed under section 
8926 of this title'' are substituted for the words ``active Federal 
service in the armed forces of the United States'', since that revised 
section makes explicit the service covered.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``December 31, 2001'' 
for ``September 30, 2001''.
    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-261 substituted ``during the period 
beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on September 30, 2001'' for 
``during the nine-year period beginning on October 1, 1990''.
    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``nine-year period'' 
for ``five-year period''.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-510 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).


                  Temporary Early Retirement Authority

    For provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Air Force, during 
the period beginning Oct. 23, 1992, and ending Oct. 1, 1995, to apply 
this section to a regular or reserve commissioned officer with at least 
15 but less than 20 years of service by substituting ``at least 15 
years'' for ``at least 20 years'' in subsec. (a) of this section, see 
section 4403 of Pub. L. 102-484, set out as a note under section 1293 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 631, 632, 637, 638, 638a, 
688, 1370, 1406, 8926, 10154, 12646 of this title.
