Commissioned officers; Air Force Reserve; aviation cadets: appointment; qualifications, grade

§ 8356. Commissioned officers; Air Force Reserve; aviation cadets: appointment; qualifications, grade (a) An aviation cadet who successfully completes the prescribed course of training shall be appointed in the grade of second lieutenant as a Reserve of the Air Force for service in the Air Force Reserve, and shall be promoted to the reserve grade of first lieutenant upon completing three years of active duty under section 8257 (c) (1) of this title. (b) A person who completes the course of training as an aviation cadet or aviation student, and who has served in the Army or the 521 Air Force in time of war as a commissioned or flight officer, may be originally appointed in any commissioned grade as a Reserve for service in the Air Force Reserve.