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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 449-JUNE 12, 1948 cers of the Regular Air Force for promotion to any grade may contain female officers senior in permanent grade and temporary rank to any female officer being considered by such selection board for promotion. colonel. (g) At any given time there may be one, but not more than one, female Air Force officer on duty serving in the temporary grade of colo- nel: Provided,That any female officer retired in the grade of colonel and recalled to active duty in such grade shall not be considered within this limitation. Appointment of a female Air Force officer on active duty to the temporary grade of colonel, if not sooner terminated, shall terminate on that date which is four years after the date of appoint- ment to such temporary grade. Retirement of (h) Female officers of the Regular Air Force shall be eliminated from the active list and retired or separated, as the case may be, under the provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to male officers gen- erally of the Air Force promotion list, and they shall receive retired pay or severance pay, whichever is applicable, computed as provided under such law: Provided,That any female officer in the permanent grade of lieutenant colonel may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Air Force, be retained on the active list until that date which is thirty days after the date upon which thirty "years' service" is com- pleted: Provided further, That any female officer in the permanent grade of lieutenant colonel, who is serving in the temporary grade of colonel, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Air Force, be retained on the active list while serving in such temporary grade: Providedfurther,That any female Regular Air Force officer who shall have served two and one-half years on active duty in the temporary grade of colonel may, upon retirement, at the discretion of the Presi- dent, be retired in such higher temporary grade and with retired pay at the rate prescribed by law computed on the basis of the base and longevity pay which she would receive if serving on active duty in such grade, and if thereafter recalled to active duty shall be recalled in such grade: Provided further, That female officers in the permanent grade of major shall not be eliminated from the active list by reason of not having been selected for promotion to the permanent grade of lieutenant colonel: Providedfurther, That on and after June 30, 1953, each female officer in the permanent grade of major who is not retired or separated at an earlier date under other provisions of law shall be eliminated from the active list on that date which is thirty days after the date upon which she completes twenty-five "years' service" unless she is appointed in the permanent grade of lieutenant colonel in the Years' servie." Regular Air Force before that date: And provided further,That in its application to female officers of the Regular Air Force the term "years' 61 stat. 902. service as used in section 514 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, and i0U.S. C. Supp. as as I, §lQ4, 97 as used in this paragraph, shall be defined as the period of service Anm, p. 9. credited to a female officer on appointment into the Regular Air Force, increased by the period of her active commissioned service in the Regular Air Force subsequent to such appointment. warrant offcers. SEC. 304. Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, female citizens of the United States may be appointed warrant officers in the Regular Air Force in each of the several warrant officer grades under the provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to the appointment of male persons in such warrant officer grades in the Regular Air Force. Enlistments andre- SEC. 305. Original enlistments and reenlistments in the Regular enlistments. Air Force from among female persons who possess such qualifications as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe may be accepted under applicable provisions of law which govern original enlistments and reenlistments in the Regular Air Force of male persons except as may be necessary to adapt said provisions to such female persons: Pro- Agerequiement. vided, That no woman shall be enlisted in the Regular Air Force who 372 [62 STAT.

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