---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2003"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2003"
heading: "Aeronautical rating as pilot: qualifications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2003"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part III — Training and Education"
  - "Chapter 101 — Training Generally"
---

# §2003. Aeronautical rating as pilot: qualifications


To be eligible to receive an aeronautical [rating](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) as a pilot in the Army or Air Force or be designated as a naval aviator, a member of an armed force must successfully complete an undergraduate pilot course of instruction prescribed or approved by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of his [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 92–168, § 4(1), Nov. 24, 1971, 85 Stat. 489.)