The Air National Guard while in the service of the United States is a component of the Air Force.
10 U.S.C. § 10112
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 8078 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-337, §1661(a)(3)(A) .
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103-337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.
- Air National Guard
- The term "Air National Guard" means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that-(A) is an air force;(B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, of the Constitution;(C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and(D) is federally recognized.