10 USC § 9011 - Organization

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title: "10 USC § 9011 - Organization"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9011"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 903
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 213(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 524, § 8010; renumbered § 8011, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1055; renumbered § 9011, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)"
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# § 9011. Organization

The Department of the Air Force is separately organized under the Secretary of the Air Force. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 213(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 524, § 8010; renumbered § 8011, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1055; renumbered § 9011, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8010 | 5:171a(c)(7) (1st sentence, as applicable to Department of Air Force). | July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 202(c)(7) (1st sentence as applicable to Department of Air Force); added Aug. 6, 1958, Pub. L. 85–599, § 3(a) (1st sentence of 8th par., as applicable to Department of Air Force), 72 Stat. 516. |

The word “operates” is substituted for the words “shall function”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1986— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .