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Separate promotion lists.

Commands.

Air Force areas.

Judge Advocate G e n e r a l of the Air Force.

Grade.

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(15) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 517; 61 Stat. 909, lOU.S.C. 559h). (16) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 514 (d); 61 Stat. 902,10 U.S.C. 941a (d)). (17) Act of May 29, 1928 (ch. 902,45 Stat. 996, as amended January 29, 1938; ch. 12, sec. 2; 52 Stat. 8,10 U.S.C. 953a). (18) Act of June 29, 1948 (ch. 708, title II, sec, 203 (d); 62 Stat. 1085, 1017. S.C. 1003). (19) Act of October 12, 1949 (ch. 681-, title II, sec. 203; 63 Stat. 809,37 U.S.C. 234). (d) Separate promotion lists are authorized, within the discretion of the Secretary, for each of the categories of duties to which members of the Air Force are designated under section 307(a) of this Act. Seniority and numbers in the several grades on the promotion lists so established under this section shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force in accordance with the provisions of sections 505(b) and 505 (d) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 888; 10 U, S. C. 559 (b), 559 (d.)): Provided., That such provisions of said section 505(b) as relate to medical, dental, and chaplain officers shall, for the purposes of this section, also be applicable to officers designated to perform judge advocate duties in the Air Force. SEC. 308. (a) There shall be within the Air Force— (1) the following major air commands: (i) an air defense command; (ii) a strategic air command; and (iii) a tactical air command; (2) such other commands and organizations as may from time to time be established by the Secretary of the Air Force in the interest of efficiency and economy of operation. (b) For the duration of any war or national emergency declared by the President or the Congress, the Secretary of the Air Force may establish new major commands in lieu of, or discontinue or consolidate themajor commands enumerated in, subsection (a)(1) of this section. SEC. 309. For Air Force purposes, the United States of America, its Territories and possessions, and other territory in which elements of the Air Force may be stationed or operate, may be divided into such areas as directed by the Secretary of the Air Force; and officers of the Air Force may be assigned to command of the Air Force activities, installations and personnel in such areas. In the discharge of the Air Forces functions or such other functions as may be authorized by other provisions of law, officers of the Air Force so assigned shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe. SEC. 310. (a) There shall be in the Air Force a Judge Advocate General who shall be appointed, subject to the provisions of the Act of May 5, 1950 (64 Stat. 147; 50 U.S.C. 741), by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years, which term may be extended by the President at his discretion. Any such appointment may be terminated at any time by the President at his discretion. An officer heretofore or hereafter appointed as Judge Advocate General of the Air Force shall not be a chief of a branch, arm, or service within the meaning of section 513 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 901; 10 U.S.C. 559g) but he shall nevertheless, if he does not already hold a permanent appointment in the Regular Air Force in the grade of major general, be appointed by the President, hj and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as a permanent major general in the Regular Air Force. The officer serving as Judge Advocate General on the effective date, of this Act shall, subject to the provisions of this section, continue to

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