10 U.S.C. § 9433a — Superintendent: condition for detail to position

(a) Retirement .— As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the Academy, an officer^* must acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer must be retired under section 9321(a) of this title , unless such retirement is waived under section 9321(b) of this title . (b) Minimum Tour of Duty .— An officer who is detailed to the position of Superintendent of the Academy must be so detailed for a period of not less than three years. In any case in which an officer serving as Superintendent is reassigned or retires before having completed three years service as Superintendent, or otherwise leaves that position (other than due to death) without having completed three years service in that position, the Secretary of the Air Force must submit to Congress notice that such officer left the position of Superintendent without having completed three years service in that position, together with a statement of the reasons why that officer did not complete three years service in that position.