{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s8162","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8162.","heading":"Aviation commands: eligibility","text":"\u00a7\u202f8162.\nAviation commands: eligibility\n(a)\n(1) To be eligible to command an aircraft carrier or an aircraft tender, an officer must be an officer in the line of the Navy who is designated as a naval aviator or naval flight officer and who is otherwise qualified.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to command of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has been inactivated for the purpose of permanent decommissioning and disposal.\n(b) To be eligible to command a naval aviation school, a naval air station, or a naval aviation unit organized for flight tactical purposes, an officer must be an officer in the line of the Navy designated as a naval aviator or naval flight officer.\n(c) To be eligible to command a Marine Corps aviation school, a Marine Corps air station, or a Marine Corps aviation unit organized for flight tactical purposes, an officer must be an officer of the Marine Corps designated as a naval aviator or naval flight officer.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s8162.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8162","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8162."},{"t":"heading","text":"Aviation commands: eligibility"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8162/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8162/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" To be eligible to command an aircraft carrier or an aircraft tender, an officer must be an officer in the line of the Navy who is designated as a naval aviator or naval flight officer and who is otherwise qualified.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8162/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Paragraph (1) does not apply to command of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has been inactivated for the purpose of permanent decommissioning and disposal.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8162/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" To be eligible to command a naval aviation school, a naval air station, or a naval aviation unit organized for flight tactical purposes, an officer must be an officer in the line of the Navy designated as a naval aviator or naval flight officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8162/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" To be eligible to command a Marine Corps aviation school, a Marine Corps air station, or a Marine Corps aviation unit organized for flight tactical purposes, an officer must be an officer of the Marine Corps designated as a naval aviator or naval flight officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}