---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 10112"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "10112"
heading: "Air National Guard: when a component of the Air Force"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/10112"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part I — Organization and Administration"
  - "Chapter 1003 — Reserve Components Generally"
---

# §10112. Air National Guard: when a component of the Air Force


The [Air National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-4) while in the service of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) is a component of the Air Force.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2971.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 8078 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(3)(A).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.