---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9307"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9307"
heading: "Aviation cadets: discharge"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9307"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 939 — Separation for Various Reasons"
---

# §9307. Aviation cadets: discharge


The [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force may discharge an aviation cadet at any time.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 545, § 8817; renumbered § 9307, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(12), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8817 | 10:299 (last sentence). | June 3, 1941, ch. 165, § 3 (last sentence), 55 Stat. 239. |

10:299 (last sentence, less 1st 14 words) is omitted as superseded by section 681 of this title.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8817 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.