The commissioned grades in the Regular Air Force are:

(1) Major general.

(2) Brigadier general.

(3) Colonel.

(4) Lieutenant colonel.

(5) Major.

(6) Captain.

(7) First lieutenant.

(8) Second lieutenant.

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
8281 10:506(a) (last 24 words). Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, §502(a) (last 24 words), 61 Stat. 884.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8281 of this title as this section.

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.


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