10 USC § 9345 - Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members

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title: "10 USC § 9345 - Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9345"
section_name: "Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members"
chapter_number: 943
chapter_name: "RETIRED GRADE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 555, § 8965; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 512(d)(3), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1233(i)(2)(A), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058; renumbered § 9345 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(14), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(21)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3812.)"
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# § 9345. Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members

section 9344 of this title

Each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Air Force or the Space Force who has been advanced on the retired list to a higher commissioned grade under , and who applies to the Secretary of the Air Force within three months after his advancement, shall, if the Secretary approves, be restored on the retired list to his former warrant-officer or enlisted status, as the case may be.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 555, § 8965; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 512(d)(3), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1233(i)(2)(A), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058; renumbered § 9345 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(14), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(21)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3812.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8965 | 10:1006. | June 29, 1948, ch. 708, § 204, 62 Stat. 1086. |

The words “hereafter”, “rank or”, and “shall thereafter be deemed to be enlisted or warrant officer personnel, as appropriate, for all purposes” are omitted as surplusage. The words “three months from ” and “whichever is later” are omitted as executed.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9345, added , , ; amended , , ; , , , related to exchange program with foreign military academies, prior to repeal by , , .

Another prior section 9345, , , related to selection of Filipinos for instruction at the Air Force Academy, prior to repeal by , (d), , , effective one year after .

A prior section 9345a, added , [div. A], title V, § 541(c)(1), , ; amended , , , related to foreign and cultural exchange activities, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2021— inserted “or the Space Force” after “member of the Air Force”.

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “section 9344” for “section 8964”.

1988— substituted “retired” for “Regular Air Force” in section catchline.

1987— struck out “Regular” before “Air Force who”.

## 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 .