Unserviceable ammunition: exchange and reclamation

§ 9538. Unserviceable ammunition: exchange and reclamation (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may, by contract or otherwise, reclaim deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition and components, not suitable for exchange, by conversion to usable form as complete rounds or serviceable components, and pay all or part of the costs thereof through the exchange of deteriorated and unserviceable components. 577 (b) Subject to applicable regulations under section 486 of title 40, the Secretary may exchange deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition and components thereof for serviceable ammunition or components.