Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part I · Chapter 16 — Security Cooperation
§ 348. Aviation Leadership Program
Statutory text
In General.—
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out an Aviation Leadership Program to provide undergraduate pilot training and necessary related training to personnel of the air forces of friendly, developing foreign countries. Training under this section shall include language training and programs to promote better awareness and understanding of the democratic institutions and social framework of the United States.
Supplies and Clothing.—
The Secretary of the Air Force may, under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, provide to a person receiving training under this section—
transportation incident to the training;
supplies and equipment to be used during the training;
flight clothing and other special clothing required for the training; and
billeting, food, and health services.
The Secretary may authorize such expenditures from the appropriations of the Air Force as the Secretary considers necessary for the efficient and effective maintenance of the Program in accordance with this section.
Allowances.—
The Secretary of the Air Force may pay to a person receiving training under this section a living allowance at a rate to be prescribed by the Secretary, taking into account the amount of living allowances authorized for a member of the armed forces under similar circumstances.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Pub. L. 114–328 div. A title XII § 1241(i)(1) · 130 Stat. 2000
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 348
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(i)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2507.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(i)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2507.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Consolidation of sections 9381, 9382, and 9383.— Chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(3), is amended by inserting after section 346, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (h), the following new section: “§ 348. Aviation Leadership Program “(a) In General.— Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out an Aviation Leadership Program to provide undergraduate pilot training and necessary related training to personnel of the air forces of friendly, developing foreign countries. Training under this section shall include language training and programs to promote better awareness and understanding of the democratic institutions and social framework of the United States. “(b) Supplies and Clothing.— (1) The Secretary of the Air Force may, under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, provide to a person receiving training under this section— “(A) transportation incident to the training; “(B) supplies and equipment to be used during the training; “(C) flight clothing and other special clothing required for the training; and “(D) billeting, food, and health services. “(2) The Secretary may authorize such expenditures from the appropriations of the Air Force as the Secretary considers necessary for the efficient and effective maintenance of the Program in accordance with this section. “(c) Allowances.— The Secretary of the Air Force may pay to a person receiving training under this section a living allowance at a rate to be prescribed by the Secretary, taking into account the amount of living allowances authorized for a member of the armed forces under similar circumstances.” .
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in chapter 905 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Congressional Findings
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XI, § 1178(a), , 107 Stat. 1768, provided that:
“The Congress finds the following:
“(1) The training in the United States of pilots from the air forces of friendly foreign nations furthers the interests of the United States, promotes closer relations with such nations, and advances the national security.
“(2) Many friendly foreign nations cannot afford to reimburse the United States for the cost of such training.
“(3) It is in the interest of the United States that the Secretary of the Air Force establish a program to train in the United States pilots from the air forces of friendly, less developed foreign nations.”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(i)(1), , 130 Stat. 2507.)