10 USC § 8218 - Aviation designations: naval flight officer

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title: "10 USC § 8218 - Aviation designations: naval flight officer"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8218"
section_name: "Aviation designations: naval flight officer"
chapter_number: 825
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "II"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 377, § 6024; Pub. L. 91–198, § 1(2), Feb. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 15; renumbered § 8218, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8218. Aviation designations: naval flight officer

Any officer of the naval service may be designated a naval flight officer if he has successfully completed the course prescribed for naval flight officers.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 377, § 6024; Pub. L. 91–198, § 1(2), Feb. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 15; renumbered § 8218, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6024 | 34 U.S.C. 735 (par. 3). | June 24, 1926, ch. 668, § 3 (par. 3), 44 Stat. 767. |

The phrase “by competent authority” is omitted as surplusage. The definition form of  is not followed.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8218, added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , , related to authorized strength of Air Force in reserve general officers in active status, prior to repeal by , , . See .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1970— substituted “naval flight officer” for “naval aviation observer” and “naval flight officers” for “naval aviation observers,” and struck out requirement that such officer have been in the air at least 100 hours.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .