§ 9020.
(a)
There is an Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force who shall be detailed to such position by the Secretary of the Air Force from the general officers of the Air Force or the Space Force. An officer may not be detailed to such position for a tour of duty of more than four years, except that the Secretary may extend such a tour of duty if he makes a special finding that the extension is necessary in the public interest.
(b)
When directed by the Secretary, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, or the Chief of Space Operations, the Inspector General shall—
(1)
inquire into and report upon the discipline, efficiency, and economy of the Department of the Air Force; and
(2)
perform any other duties prescribed by the Secretary, the Chief of Staff, or the Chief of Space Operations.
(e)
The Inspector General shall have such deputies and assistants as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe. Each such deputy and assistant shall be an officer detailed by the Secretary to that position from the officers of the Air Force or the Space Force for a tour of duty of not more than four years, under a procedure prescribed by the Secretary.
(Added [Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(5)], Oct. 1, 1986, [100 Stat. 1059], § 8020; renumbered § 9020, [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c)], Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1833]; amended [Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(b)(4)], Jan. 1, 2021, [134 Stat. 3808]; [Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(32)], Dec. 27, 2022, [136 Stat. 4346]; [Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1741(a)(7)], Dec. 22, 2023, [137 Stat. 680].)