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title: "10 U.S.C. § 2003"
description: "Aeronautical rating as pilot: qualifications"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_name: "TRAINING GENERALLY"
section: "2003"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2003"
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release_point: "119-100"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 2003 - Aeronautical rating as pilot: qualifications

## Text

To be eligible to receive an aeronautical rating as a pilot in the Army or Air Force or be designated as a naval aviator, a member of an armed force must successfully complete an undergraduate pilot course of instruction prescribed or approved by the Secretary of his military department.

(Added Pub. L. 92–168, § 4(1), Nov. 24, 1971, 85 Stat. 489.)