§ 653. Minimum service requirement for certain flight crew positions

• (a) The minimum service obligation of any member who successfully completes training in the armed forces as a pilot shall be 8 years, if the member is trained to fly fixed-wing jet aircraft, or 6 years, if the member is trained to fly any other type of aircraft.
• (b) The minimum service obligation of any member who successfully completes training in the armed forces as a navigator or naval flight officer shall be 6 years.
• (c) In this section, the term “service obligation” means the period of active duty or, in the case of a member of a reserve component who completed flight training in an active duty for training status as a member of a reserve component, the period of service in an active status in the Selected Reserve required to be served after—
  • (1) completion of undergraduate pilot training, in the case of training as a pilot;
  • (2) completion of undergraduate navigator training, in the case of training as a navigator; or
  • (3) completion of undergraduate training as a naval flight officer, in the case of training as a naval flight officer.