---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9421"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9421"
heading: "Space Force officer training course requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9421"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part III — Training"
  - "Chapter 951 — Training Generally"
---

# §9421. Space Force officer training course requirements


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

- (1) the initial Space Force [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) training course provides foundational instruction in acquisition management, space mission integration, and related disciplines; and
- (2) the curriculum for such course is developed by the Commander of Space Training and Readiness Command, in coordination with the Assistant [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration and the Director of Acquisition Career Management.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVI, § 1601(c)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1173.)