---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9191"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9191"
heading: "Non-regular officers: status"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9191"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 921 — Active Duty"
---

# §9191. Non-regular officers: status


A [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2) of the Air Force, other than of the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Air Force, who is on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) in any commissioned [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) has the rights and privileges, and is entitled to the benefits, provided by law for a [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2) of the Air Force [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6)—

- (1) whose [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) is that in which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) not of the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Air Force is serving;
- (2) who has the same length of service as the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) not of the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Air Force; and
- (3) who is on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) in his [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7).

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 524, § 8491; renumbered § 9191, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8491 | 10:506d(h). | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 515(h), 61 Stat. 908. |

The first 12 words are substituted for 10:506d(h) (1st 11 words). The words “has the rights and privileges, and is entitled to the benefits” are substituted for the words “shall be entitled * * * to the same rights, privileges, and benefits”. Clause (1) is substituted for the words “in a grade the same as such ‘active-duty grade’ ”. The words “as the officer not of the Regular Air Force” are substituted for the words “holding appointment in the Army Reserve”. The words “his reserve grade” are substituted for the words “the grade held in the Army”.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8491 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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.