United States Secretary of the Air Force

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The Secretary of the Air Force ( SECAF or SAF / OS ) is the civilian leader (dt. About Secretary of State ) of the US Department of the Air Force . Barbara M. Barrett has been the 25th Secretary of the Air Force since October 18, 2019 .

Organization and mandate

The SECAF reports directly to the US Secretary of Defense and is responsible for the administrative and technical "day-to-day business" of the United States Air Force . The governing body of the SECAF consists of his deputy ( Under Secretary dt. Undersecretary of State ), the Assistant Secretaries (assistant-secretaries of state), the General Counsel (Chief Legal Advisor, or counsel ), the Inspector General ( Inspector General ), the Air Reserve Forces Policy Committee (Air Force Reserve Committee) and other legally established offices and services of SECAF.

The Secretary of the Air Force is appointed by the President of the United States and must be approved by the Senate .

Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force since October 18, 2019

Secretaries of the Air Force

Surname Term of office under president
1 Stuart Symington September 18, 1947 - April 24, 1950 Harry S. Truman
2 Thomas K. Finletter April 24, 1950 - January 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman
3 Harold E. Talbott February 4, 1953 - August 13, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
4th Donald A. Quarles August 15, 1955 - April 30, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
5 James H. Douglas May 1, 1957 - December 10, 1959 Dwight D. Eisenhower
6th Dudley C. Sharp December 11, 1959 - January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
7th Eugene M. Zuckert January 24, 1961 - September 30, 1965 John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson
8th Harold Brown October 1, 1965 - February 15, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon
9 Robert Seamans February 15, 1969 - May 15, 1973 Richard M. Nixon
10 John L. McLucas May 15, 1973 - November 23, 1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
provisional James W. Plummer November 24, 1975 - January 1, 1976 Gerald Ford
11 Thomas C. Reed Jan. 2, 1976 - April 6, 1977 Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter
12 John Charles Stetson April 6, 1977 - May 18, 1979 Jimmy Carter
13 Hans Mark May 18, 1979 - February 9, 1981 Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
14th Verne Orr February 9, 1981 - November 30, 1985 Ronald Reagan
15th Russell A. Rourke December 9, 1985 - April 6, 1986 Ronald Reagan
16 Edward C. Aldridge April 8, 1986 - December 16, 1988 Ronald Reagan
provisional James F. McGovern December 16, 1988 - April 29, 1989 Ronald Reagan, George Bush
provisional John J. Welch April 29, 1989 - May 21, 1989 George Bush
17th Donald Rice May 22, 1989 - January 20, 1993 George Bush
provisional Michael B. Donley January 20, 1993 - July 13, 1993 Bill Clinton
provisional Merrill McPeak July 14, 1993 - August 5, 1993 Bill Clinton
18th Sheila Widnall August 6, 1993 - October 31, 1997 Bill Clinton
19th F. Whitten Peters November 1, 1997 - January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
20th James G. Roche June 1, 2001 - January 20, 2005 George W. Bush
provisional Peter B. Teets January 20, 2005 - March 25, 2005 George W. Bush
provisional Michael Montelongo March 25 - March 28, 2005 George W. Bush
provisional Michael L. Dominguez March 28, 2005 - July 29, 2005 George W. Bush
provisional Pete Geren July 29, 2005 - November 4, 2005 George W. Bush
21st Michael Wynne November 4, 2005 - June 5, 2008 George W. Bush
22nd Michael B. Donley June 21, 2008 - June 21, 2013 George W. Bush, Barack Obama
provisional Eric Fanning June 21, 2013 - December 20, 2013 Barack Obama
23 Deborah Lee James December 20, 2013 - January 20, 2017 Barack Obama
provisional Lisa Disbrow January 20, 2017 - May 16, 2017 Donald Trump
24 Heather Wilson May 16, 2017 - May 31, 2019 Donald Trump
provisional Matthew Donovan June 1, 2019–18. October 2019 Donald Trump
25th Barbara M. Barrett since October 18, 2019 Donald Trump

See also

Web links

Commons : United States Secretaries of the Air Force  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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