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[CITE: 10USC9346]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
              CHAPTER 903--UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
 
Sec. 9346. Cadets: requirements for admission

    (a) To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be 
at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third 
birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy.
    (b) To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must show, by an 
examination held under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Air Force, that he is qualified in the subjects prescribed by the 
Secretary.
    (c) A candidate designated as a principal or an alternate for 
appointment as a cadet shall appear for physical examination at a time 
and place designated by the Secretary.
    (d) To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must take and 
subscribe to an oath prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. If a 
candidate for admission refuses to take and subscribe to the prescribed 
oath, his appointment is terminated.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 565; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 47, Nov. 
2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 555(d), 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2527.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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9346(a)...............................  10:1092b (less provisos).            Ju
ne 30, 1950, ch. 421, Sec.  2
9346(b)...............................  10:1096.                              (
less provisos), 64 Stat. 304.
9346(c)...............................  10:1095.
                                        ...................................  R.
S. 1319; restated Mar. 2, 1901,
                                                                              c
h. 804 (1st proviso under
                                                                              `
`Permanent Establishment''), 31
                                                                              S
tat. 911.
                                        ...................................  Au
g. 9, 1912, ch. 275 (2d proviso
                                                                              u
nder ``Permanent
                                                                              E
stablishment''), 37 Stat. 252.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Effective January 1, 1951'' are 
omitted as executed. The word ``Calendar'' is omitted as surplusage. The 
words ``must not have passed his twenty-second birthday'' are 
substituted for the words ``not more than twenty-two years of age'', to 
make it clear that a person whose twenty-second birthday falls on July 1 
of the year of admission is eligible (see opinion of the Judge Advocate 
General of the Army (JAGA 1952/7083, 2 Sept. 1952)).
    In subsection (b), the words ``is qualified in'' are substituted for 
the words ``to be well versed in''. The words ``To be'' are substituted 
for the words ``before they shall be''. The words ``an appointee must 
show that he is qualified'' are substituted for the words ``shall be 
required to be well versed''. The words ``from time to time'' are 
omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (c), the word ``shall'' is substituted for the word 
``may'', since the nominee is required to appear for the examination. 
The word ``appear'' is substituted for the words ``present himself''. 
The words ``at a place'' are substituted for the words ``at West Point, 
New York, or other prescribed places''.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``twenty-third 
birthday'' for ``twenty-second birthday''.
    1966--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89-718 added subsec. (d).


   Authority To Waive Maximum Age Limitation on Admission to Service 
 Academies for Certain Enlisted Members Who Served During Persian Gulf 
                                   War

    For authority to waive maximum age limitation in subsec. (a) of this 
section on basis of service on active duty in connection with Operation 
Desert Storm, see section 514 of Pub. L. 102-190, set out as a note 
under section 4346 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9344 of this title.
