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when he becomes 60 years of age, except as provided by section 47a of title 5. §8884. Age 60: regular major generals whose retirement has been deferred Unless retired or separated at an earlier date, each commissioned officer whose regular grade is major general, and whose retirement under section 8923 of this title has been deferred under clause (1) of that section, shall be retired when he becomes 60 years of age, except as provided by section 47a of title 6. §8885. Age 62: regular major generals Unless retired or separated at an earlier date or unless retained under section 8923(a) of this title, each commissioned officer whose regular grade is major general shall be retired when he becomes 62 years of age, except as provided by section 47a of title 5. §8886. Age 64: regular major generals whose retirement has been deferred Unless retired or separated at an earlier date, each commissioned officer whose regular grade is major general, and whose retirement under section 8923 of this title has been deferred under clause (2) of that section, and each permanent professor of the United States Air Force Academy, shall be retired when he becomes 64 years of age, except as provided by section 47a of title 5. §8887. Computation of years of service: discretionary retirement; Regular Air Force nurses and women medical specialists For the purpose of determining whether an Air Force nurse or a woman medical specialist may be retired under section 8881 or 8882 of this title, and of computing her retired pay under section 8991 of this title, her years of service are computed by adding— (1) all active service; and (2) all other service in the Navy or Marine Corps that may be credited in determining the eligibility of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps for retirement. § 8888. Computation of years of service: mandatory retirement; regular commissioned officers For the purpose of computing the retired pay of a commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force retired under section 8883, 8884, 8885, or 8886 of this title, his years of service are the greater of (1) the years of service credited to him in computing his basic pay; or (2) his years of service computed under clause (A), (B), (C),. (D), or (E), whichever applies: (A) For an officer of the Regular Air Force appointed in the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force before January 1, 1948, under the Act of December 28, 1945, ch. 601 (59 Stat. 663), the service credited to him under that act at the time of his appointment, plus his years of active commissioned service in the Regular Army and the Regular Air Force after that appointment.

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