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[CITE: 10USC8921]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 867--RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 8921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United 
        States Air Force Academy
        
    Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of 
Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall retire the officer under any provision of this 
chapter under which the officer is eligible to retire.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(a)(3)(A), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 603.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8921, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 551; 
Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for 
retirement of a promotion-list colonel, except as provided by section 
8301 of title 5, on 30th day after he completes 30 years of service or 
5th anniversary of date of his appointment in that regular grade, 
whichever is later, with authority for Secretary of Air Force to defer 
retirement in certain cases, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-513, title 
II, Sec. 217(a), title VII, Sec. 701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886, 
2995, effective Sept. 15, 1981.


  Application of Section to Superintendents Serving on October 5, 1999

    Section not applicable to an officer serving on Oct. 5, 1999, in the 
position of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Naval 
Academy, or Air Force Academy for so long as that officer continues on 
and after that date to serve in that position without a break in 
service, see section 532(a)(5) of Pub. L. 106-65, set out as a note 
under section 3921 of this title.
