10 U.S.C. § 653 : US Code - Section 653: Minimum service requirement for certain flight crew positions

Search 10 U.S.C. § 653 : US Code - Section 653: Minimum service requirement for certain flight crew positions

(a) Pilots. - 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) Navigators and Naval Flight Officers. - 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) Definition. - 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.