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519 519 § 8312. Officers: acceptance of promotion (a) A n officer who is promoted in the Kegular Air Force is considered to have accepted his promotion on the date of the order announcing it, unless he expressly declines the promotion. He is entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher grade from that date, unless entitled to them from an earlier date under another provision of law. (b) An officer need not take the oath of office upon promotion if his service since last taking it has been continuous. § 8313. Suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency I n time of war, or of emergency declared by Congress or the President, the President may suspend the operation of any provision of law relating to promotion, or mandatory retirement or separation, of commissioned officers of the Regular Air Force. CHAPTER 837.—APPOINTMENTS AS RESERVE OFFICERS Sec.

8351. Officers: Air National Guard of United States. 8352. Officers; Air Force Reserve: transfer from Air National Guard of United States. 8354. Commissioned officers; Air Force Reserve: appointment of warrant officers and enlisted members of Air National Guard of United States. 8355. Commissioned officers; Air Force Reserve: appointment; A. F. R. O. T. C. graduates. 8356. Commissioned officers; Air Force Reserve; aviation cadets: appointment; qualifications, grade. 8394. Officers: acceptance of promotion. 8395. During war. § 8351. Officers: Air National Guard of United States (a) Upon being federally recognized, an officer of the Air National Guard shall be appointed as a Reserve for service as a member of the Air National Guard of the United States in the grade that he holds in the Air National Guard. However, an officer of the Air Force Reserve who is federally recognized as an officer of the Air National Guard becomes an officer of the Air National Guard of the United States and ceases to be an officer of the Air Force Reserve. The acceptance of an appointment as a Reserve for service as a member of the Air National Guard of the United States by an officer of the Air National Guard does not vacate his office in the Air National Guard. (b) When an officer of the Air National Guard to whom temporary Federal recognition has been extended is appointed as a Reserve for service as a member of the Air National Guard of the United States, his appointment shall bear the date of the temporary recognition and shall be considered to have been accepted and effective on that date. (c) When the Air National Guard of the United States is ordered to active duty, any officer of the Air National Guard who is not a Reserve of the Air Force may be appointed by the President as a Reserve for service as a member of the Air National Guard of the United States in the grade that he holds in the Air National Guard. 81913 0 — 5 6

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