10 USC § 9035 - Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff

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title: "10 USC § 9035 - Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9035"
section_name: "Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff"
chapter_number: 905
chapter_name: "THE AIR STAFF"
part_number: "I"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 522(e), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1062, § 8035; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 902(c), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 273; renumbered § 9035, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)"
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# § 9035. Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff

**(a)** The Deputy Chiefs of Staff and the Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be general officers detailed to those positions.

**(b)** The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe the number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff, for a total of not more than eight positions.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 522(e), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1062, § 8035; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 902(c), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 273; renumbered § 9035, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2008—Subsec. (b).  amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be prescribed by the Secretary, except that—

“(1) there may not be more than five Deputy Chiefs of Staff; and

“(2) there may not be more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff.”

## 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 .