---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9083"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9083"
heading: "Vice Chief of Space Operations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9083"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part I — Organization"
  - "Chapter 908 — The Space Force"
---

# §9083. Vice Chief of Space Operations

- (a) **Appointment.—** There is a Vice Chief of Space Operations, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the [general officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-4) of the Space Force.
- (b) **Grade.—** The Vice Chief of Space Operations, while so serving, has the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of general without vacating the permanent [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1).
- (c) **Duties.—** The Vice Chief of Space Operations shall have such authorities and duties with respect to the Space Force as the Chief of Space Operations, with the approval of the [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force, may delegate to or prescribe for the Vice Chief of Space Operations. Orders issued by the Vice Chief of Space Operations in performing such duties have the same effect as orders issued by the Chief of Space Operations.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 509C(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1873.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9083 was renumbered section 9084 of this title.

Another prior section 9083, added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, § 912(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1196, § 8084; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(32), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063; renumbered § 9084, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; renumbered § 9068, Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 952(b)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1561; renumbered § 9083, Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 952(e), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1562, related to a career field for officers in the Air Force with technical competence in space-related matters, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 921(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3804.