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529 529 (1) for a regular officer serving in his regular grade, is that stated in his commission or letter of appointment; (2) for a regular officer serving in a temporary grade, is his date of appointment in that grade, unless adjusted under section 8572 of this title; and (3) for a reserve officer or an officer of the Air National Guard called into Federal service, is his date of entry on active duty except that, if he previously served on active duty in the same or any higher grade, his date of rank precedes the date of his entry on active duty by the period of his active duty, and of his service under section 503, 504, or 605 of title 32, performed in the grade in which he was placed on active duty or in any higher grade. (b) When the dates of rank prescribed by subsection (a) are the same, rank is determined by length of all active commissioned service in the Air Force and the Army and commissioned service under sections 503, 504, and 505 of title 32. (c) When the dates of rank prescribed by subsection (a) and length of active commissioned service computed under subsection (b) are the same: (1) Regular officers rank before reserve officers and officers of the Air National Guard. (2) Regular officers rank among themselves according to sections 8273 and 8274 of this title. (3) Reserve officers and officers of the Air National Guard rank among themselves according to age. § 8572. Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments The President may, in accordance with the needs of the Air Force, adjust dates of rank of commissioned officers of the Air Force serving in temporary grades. §8573. Rank: commissioned officers in regular g r a d e s of brigadier general and major general; seniority list (a) The date of rank of an officer whose regular grade is brigadier general is the date of his appointment in that regular grade, if at the time of that appointment he held no temporary general officer grade. The date of rank of an officer whose regular grade is major general is the date of rank he held in the regular grade of brigadier general, if he held that grade at the time of his appointment in the regular grade of major general. (b) If at the time of his appointment in his current regular grade such an officer held only a temporary general officer grade, his date of rank is the date of rank he held in that temporary grade, except thtit if he was promoted to that temporary grade from the temporary grade of brigadier general his date of rank is the date of rank he held in the temporary grade of brigadier general. (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the date of rank of such an officer may not be earlier than that of the junior general officer in the same regular grade who was appointed to that grade before him.

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