United States Secretary of the Air Force

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox official post The secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the secretary of the Department of the Air Force,[1] (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. The secretary of the Air Force is a civilian appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.[2] The secretary reports to the secretary of defense and/or the deputy secretary of defense, and is by statute responsible for and has the authority to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Air Force.[2][3]

The secretary works closely with their civilian deputy, the under secretary of the Air Force; and their military deputies, the chief of staff of the Air Force and the chief of space operations.

The first secretary of the Air Force, Stuart Symington, was sworn in on September 18, 1947, upon the split and re-organization of the Department of War and Army Air Forces into an air military department and a military service of its own, with the enactment of the National Security Act.

Responsibilities

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Stuart Symington is sworn-in as the first Secretary of the Air Force by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson on September 18, 1947.

The secretary is the head of the Department of the Air Force. The Department of the Air Force is defined as a Military Department.[4] It is not limited to the Washington headquarters staffs, rather it is an entity which includes all the components of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force, including their reserve components:

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The term 'department', when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department.[5]

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The exclusive responsibilities of the secretary of the Air Force are enumerated in Template:USCSub of the United States Code. They include, but are not limited to:

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(1) Recruiting.
(2) Organizing.
(3) Supplying.
(4) Equipping (including research and development).
(5) Training.
(6) Servicing.
(7) Mobilizing.
(8) Demobilizing.
(9) Administering (including the morale and welfare of personnel).
(10) Maintaining.
(11) The construction, outfitting, and repair of military equipment.

(12) The construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, and utilities and the acquisition of real property and interests in real property necessary to carry out the responsibilities specified in this section.[3]

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By direction of the secretary of defense, the secretary of the Air Force assigns military units of the Air Force and Space Force, other than those who carry out the functions listed in Template:USCSub, to the Unified and Specified Combatant Commands to perform missions assigned to those commands. Air Force and Space Force units while assigned to Combatant Commands may only be reassigned by authority of the secretary of defense.[6]

However, the chain of command for Air Force and Space Force units for other purposes than the operational direction goes from the president to the secretary of defense to the secretary of the Air Force to the commanders of Air Force and Space Force Commands.[7] Air Force and Space Force officers have to report on any matter to the secretary, or the secretary's designate, when requested. The secretary has the authority to detail, prescribe the duties, and to assign Air Force and Space Force service members and civilian employees, and may also change the title of any activity not statutorily designated.[8] The secretary has several responsibilities under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) with respect to Air Force and Space Force service members, including the authority to convene general courts martial and to commute sentences.

The secretary of the Air Force may also be assigned additional responsibilities by the president or the secretary of defense,[9] e.g. the secretary is designated as the "DoD Executive Agent for Space", and as such:

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... shall develop, coordinate, and integrate plans and programs for space systems and the acquisition of DoD Space Major Defense Acquisition Programs to provide operational space force capabilities to ensure the United States has the space power to achieve its national security objectives.[10][11]

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Office of the Secretary of the Air Force

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File:Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones and Secretary of The Air Force Verne Orr during General Robert C. Mathis retirement Ceremony at Bolling Air Force Base.jpg
Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr with Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones and Air Force Chief of Staff General Lew Allen and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General Robert C. Mathis at Bolling Air Force Base on May 28, 1982

The secretary of the Air Force's principal staff element, the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, has responsibility for acquisition and auditing, comptroller issues (including financial management), inspector general matters, legislative affairs, and public affairs within the Department of the Air Force. The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force is one of the Department of the Air Force's three headquarter staffs at the seat of government, with the others being the Air Staff and the Office of the Chief of Space Operations.

Composition

The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force is composed of:

List of secretaries of the Air Force

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No. Image Name Start End Duration President(s)
1 File:Portrait of W. Stuart Symington 97-1844.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1945–1953)
2 File:Thomas K. Finletter.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
3 File:Harold E Talbott.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1953–1961)
4 File:Donald A. Quarles.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
5 File:James H. Douglas, Jr..jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
6 File:The Air Force Role In Developing International Outer Space Law (Terrill, 1999) Page 022-1.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
7 File:Eugene Zuckert.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1961–1963)
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(1963–1969)
8 File:Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1969–1974)
9 File:Secretary of The Air Force Robert C. Seamans official portrait.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
10 File:John L McLucas.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1974–1977)
11 File:Thomas C. Reed.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | Template:Sortname
(1977–1981)
12 File:John C. Stetson, USAF.JPG Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
13 File:Hans Mark.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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(1981–1989)
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15 File:Russell A. Rourke.JPEG Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
16 File:Edward C. Aldridge Jr.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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– File:Portrait of James F. McGovern, Under Secretary of the Air Force.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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(1989–1993)
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17 File:Donald B. Rice, Secretary of the Air Force.JPEG Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
– File:Michael Donley official portrait.jpg Template:Sortname
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(1993–2001)
– File:Merrill McPeak, official military photo.JPEG Template:Sortname
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– File:Dr Lawrence J Delaney, Acting Secretary of the Air Force.jpg Template:Sortname
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(2001–2009)
20 File:James Roche.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
– File:Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force.jpg Template:Sortname
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– File:Michael Montelongo, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller.jpg Template:Sortname
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– File:Michael Dominguez.jpg Template:Sortname
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– File:Pete Geren USAF.jpg Template:Sortname
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21 File:Michael Wynne, official portrait.jpg Template:Sortname[14] Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
22 File:Michael Donley official portrait.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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(2009–2017)
– File:Eric Fanning.jpg Template:Sortname
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23 File:Deborah Lee James.JPG Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
– File:Lisa S. Disbrow, USAF, 2014.JPG Template:Sortname
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(2017–2021)
24 File:Heather Wilson Air Force Secretary.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
– File:Matthew Donovan official photo 2.jpg Template:Sortname
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25 File:Barbara M. Barrett official photo.jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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(2021–2025)
26 File:Frank Kendall III (2).jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
– File:Gary A. Ashworth (3).jpg Template:Sortname
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(2025–present)
27 File:Troy E. Meink (3).jpg Template:Sortname Template:Dts Incumbent Template:Ayd

See also

References

Notes

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External links

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  6. ↑ 10 USC 162 (a)
  7. ↑ DODD 5100.1, 6.1.
  8. ↑ 10 USC 8013 (f-g)
  9. ↑ 10 USC 8013 (d)
  10. ↑ DODD 5101.2, 3. MISSION
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  12. ↑ SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (30 Sep 2022) HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE MISSION DIRECTIVE 1-17 Special Management ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (SPACE ACQUISITION AND INTEGRATION) (SAF/SQ) 20 pages
  13. ↑ DefenseLink News Article: Army Secretary Resigns in Wake of Walter Reed Outpatient-Care Shortfalls
  14. ↑ Template:Usurped, Accessed on September 12, 2011
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