---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9404"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9404"
heading: "Aviation students: detail of enlisted members of Air Force"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9404"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part III — Training"
  - "Chapter 951 — Training Generally"
---

# §9404. Aviation students: detail of enlisted members of Air Force


The [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force may detail enlisted [Regulars](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) of the Air Force, and enlisted [Reserves](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) of the Air Force who are on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1), for training and instruction as aviation students in their respective [grades](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) at schools selected by him.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 560, § 9304; renumbered § 9404, 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) |
| 9304 | 10:298a–1. | June 3, 1941, ch. 167, 55 Stat. 241. |

The words “under such regulations as he may prescribe” are omitted, since the Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to exercising his statutory functions. 10:298a–1 (1st proviso) is omitted as impliedly repealed by section 10 of the Insurance Act of 1951, ch. 39, 65 Stat. 36. 10:298a–1 (last proviso) is omitted as surplusage. The words “active duty” are substituted for the words “active Federal service”.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9304 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.