10 U.S.C. § 8084 – Officer career field for space

The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish and implement policies and procedures to develop a career field for officers in the Air Force with technical competence in space-related matters to have the capability to—

(1) develop space doctrine and concepts of space operations;
(2) develop space systems; and
(3) operate space systems.

(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, § 912(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1196; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(32), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063.)

Amendments 2004—Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “capability” for “capabilty”.