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 103 STAT. 1454 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 flying duty positions in the Armed Forces to a number equal to not more than 98 percent of the total number of such positions in existence on September 30, 1989. (2) Not later than September 30, 1992, the Secretary of Defense shall reduce the number of nonoperational flying duty positions in the Armed Forces to a number equal to not more than 95 percent of the total number of such positions in existence on September 30, 1989. (b) LIMITATION ON INCREASES IN NONOPERATIONAL FLYING DUTY POSITIONS. —No increase in the number of nonoperational flying duty positions in the Armed Forces (as a percentage of all flying duty positions in the Armed Forces) may be made after Septem- ber 30, 1992, unless the increase is specifically authorized by law. (c) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this section: (1) The term "Armed Forces" does not include the Coast Guard. (2) The term "nonoperational flying duty position" means a - position in a military department identified by the Secretary of that department as a position that— (A) requires the assignment of an aviator; and (B) does not include operational fiying duty (as defined in section 301a(6)(A) of title 37, United States Code). SEC. 634. MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR AVIATORS (a) IN GENERAL. — (1) Chapter 37 of title 10, United States C!ode, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 653. Minimum service requirement for certain flight crew posi- tions "(a) F*ILOTS.— The minimum active duty obligation of any member who successfully completes training in the armed forces as a pilot shall be 8 years, if the member is trained to fly fixed-wing jet aircraft, and 6 years, if the member is trained to fly any other type of aircraft. " (b) NAVIGATORS AND NAVAL FUGHT OFFICERS.— The minimum active duty obligation of any member who successfully completes training in the armed forces as a navigator or naval flight officer shall be 6 years. "(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 'active duty obligation' means the period of active duty required to be served after— "(1) completion of undergraduate pilot training in the case of training as a pilot; "(2) completion of undergraduate navigator training in the case of training as a navigator; or "(3) completion of undergraduate training as a naval flight "* officer in the case of training as a naval flight officer.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "653. Minimum service requirement for certain flight crew positions.". 10 USC 653 note. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), section 653 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply to persons who begin undergraduate pilot training, undergraduate navigator training, or undergraduate naval flight officer training, as the case may be, after September 30, 1990. (2) Such section shall apply to persons who graduate from the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy,

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