---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9403"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9403"
heading: "Aviation cadets and aviation students: schools"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9403"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part III — Training"
  - "Chapter 951 — Training Generally"
---

# §9403. Aviation cadets and aviation students: schools


The [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force shall establish and maintain—

- (1) one or more schools for the training and instruction of aviation cadets; and
- (2) courses of instruction for aviation students at one or more established flying schools.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 560, § 9303; renumbered § 9403, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9303 | 10:296.<br>10:296a. | July 11, 1919, ch. 8 (2d par. under “Air Service”), 41 Stat. 109. |
|  |  | June 3, 1941, ch. 165, § 2, 55 Stat. 239. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9303 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.