An aircraft under the jurisdiction of a military department may not be used by a member of the armed forces for the purpose of proficiency flying except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
Such regulations—
may not require proficiency flying by a member except to the extent required for the member to maintain flying proficiency in anticipation of the member’s assignment to combat operations; and
may not permit proficiency flying in the case of a member who is assigned to a course of instruction of 90 days or more.
In this section, the term “proficiency flying” means flying performed under competent orders by a rated or designated member of the armed forces while serving in a non-aviation assignment or in an assignment in which skills would normally not be maintained in the performance of assigned duties.
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(e)(1)104 Stat. 1706Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, § 1077122 Stat. 333(Added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, § 9006103 Stat. 1130section 2241 of this titlePub. L. 101–510, § 1481(e)(3)Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , , , which was set out as a note under , prior to repeal by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 110–1812008—Subsec. (c). amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “In this section, the term ‘proficiency flying’ has the meaning given that term in Department of Defense Directive 1340.4.”