Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics) | |
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Department of the Air Force | |
Style | The Honorable |
Reports to | Secretary of the Air Force |
Seat | The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States |
Nominator | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 10 U.S.C. § 9016 |
Formation | 1987 |
Succession | 18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment |
Deputy | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Principal Military Deputy for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics |
Salary | Executive Schedule, Level IV |
Website | ww3 |
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) (SAF/AQ) is a civilian position in the Department of the Air Force that is appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. This position is established under Title 10 US Code Section 9016 and is one of five Assistant Secretary positions under the Secretary of the Air Force. The Assistant Secretary reports to the Secretary of the Air Force.
Under the law a Principal Military Deputy serves with the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. The Principal Military Deputy is required to be an active duty officer with a background in acquisition and program management. If the Assistant Secretary position is vacant the law permits the Principal Military Deputy to serve up to a year as the Acting Assistant Secretary. Of the five Assistant Secretary positions established by law, only the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition is required to have a Principal Military Deputy.[1]
Before Andrew Hunter, Darlene Costello served as acting Assistant Secretary for the second time. During the
On July 16, 2021, President
Responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition serves as the single service acquisition executive (SAE) and the Senior Procurement Executive for the Department of the Air Force. They are responsible for acquisition and product support for all Air Force acquisition programs and manages the Air Force science and technology program.[7]
They provides direction, guidance and supervision of all matters pertaining to the formulation, review, approval and execution of acquisition plans, policies and programs. The Assistant Secretary oversees $40 billion annual investments that include major programs like the KC-46A Pegasus, F-35 Lighting II, B-21 Raider,[2] as well as capability areas such as information technology and command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.
History
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition position was created in 1987 by
Prior to 1987, similar duties and responsibilities now carried out by the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition were performed by offices in the Headquarters Secretariat with the following names and dates:
Assistant Secretary for Material - May 1951 to February 1964
Special Assistant for Research and Development - September 1950-February 1955
Assistant Secretary for Research and Development - March 1955 to May 1977
Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Logistics - May 1977-April 1987[8]
Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)
No. | Portrait | Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by | Secretary served under |
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1 | John J. Martin[8] | May 1977 | May 1979 | Jimmy Carter | John C. Stetson
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2 | Robert J. Hermann[9] | July 1979 | August 1981[10] | Jimmy Carter | Hans Mark | |
3 | Alton G. Keel, Jr.[11]
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July 30, 1981[12] | 1982 | Ronald Reagan | Verne Orr | |
4 | Thomas E. Cooper[13] | January 1983 | April 1987 | Ronald Reagan | Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
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Daniel S. Rak (Acting) | April 1987 | October 1987 | Ronald Reagan | Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. | ||
5 | John J. Welch, Jr.[14]
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October 1987 | April 1992 | Ronald Reagan | Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Donald Rice | |
6 | G. Kim Wincup[15] | May 1992 | December 1992 | George H. W. Bush | Donald Rice | |
Darleen A. Druyun (Acting) | January 1993 | May 1994 | William J. Clinton | Michael B. Donley | ||
7 | Clark G. Fiester[16] | May 1994 | April 17, 1995 | William J. Clinton | Sheila Widnall | |
Darleen A. Druyun (Acting) | April 17, 1995 | January 26, 1996 | William J. Clinton | Sheila Widnall | ||
8 | Arthur L. Money[17] | January 26, 1996 | February 1998[18] | William J. Clinton | Sheila Widnall F. Whitten Peters | |
9 | Lawrence J. Delaney[19] | April 29, 1999[20] | January 20, 2001 | William J. Clinton | F. Whitten Peters | |
10 | Marvin R. Sambur[21] | November 8, 2001[22] | January 2005 | George W. Bush | James G. Roche | |
11 | Sue C. Payton[23] | July 21, 2006[24] | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush | Michael Wynne Michael B. Donley | |
David M. Van Buren[25] (Acting) | January 20, 2009 | March 2012 | Barack Obama | Michael B. Donley | ||
12 | William A. LaPlante, Jr.[26] | February 12, 2014 | November 2015[27] | Barack Obama | Deborah Lee James | |
Richard W. Lombardi (Acting) | November 2015 | February 2016 | Barack Obama | Deborah Lee James | ||
Darlene J. Costello
(Acting) |
February 2016 | February 1, 2018 | Barack Obama | Deborah Lee James | ||
Donald Trump | Heather Wilson | |||||
13 | William B. Roper, Jr. | February 1, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump | Heather Wilson Barbara Barrett | |
Darlene J. Costello
(Acting) |
January 20, 2021 | February 7, 2022 | Joe Biden | John P. Roth Frank Kendall III | ||
14 | Andrew Hunter | February 7, 2022 | Incumbent | Joe Biden | Frank Kendall III |
References
- ^ 10 U.S.C. § 9016(b)(4)(b).
- ^ a b "Darlene Costello Biography". www.af.mil. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Dr. Will Roper Biography". U.S. Air Force. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- Defense One. Archivedfrom the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ a b "President Biden Announces Seven Key Nominations" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: White House. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ Sheehey, Maeve (July 16, 2021). "Former Sen. Tom Udall is Biden's pick as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa". POLITICO. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "Headquarters Air Force Mission Directive 1-10" (PDF). www.e-publishing.af.mil/. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ^ a b Benson, Lawrence (1997). Acquisition Management in the United States Air Force and its Predecessors. US Government Printing Office. p. 55.
- ^ services, united states. congress. senate. committee on armed. "Image 25 of Nominations of Hans M. Mark, Antonia H. Chayes, Robert Jay Hermann, and John Howard Moxley III : hearing before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... July 13, 1979". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Directors at the National Reconnaissance Office at Fifty Years (PDF). Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance. 2011. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Nomination of Thomas Edward Cooper To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Dec. 15, 1982. Note: Keel held the title "Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development, and Logistics)"
- ^ "PN528 - Nomination of Alton Gold Keel Jr. for Department of Defense, 97th Congress (1981-1982)". www.congress.gov. 1981-07-30. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Nomination of Thomas Edward Cooper To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Dec. 15, 1982. Cooper was initially appointed "Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development, and Logistics)". The title changed in the course of Cooper's tenure in office.
- ^ George Bush: Continuation of John J. Welch, Jr., as an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Aug. 9, 1989
- ^ Wincup bio Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Clinton nomination". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ "PN695 - Nomination of Arthur L. Money for Department of Defense, 104th Congress (1995-1996)". www.congress.gov. 1996-01-26. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Honorable Arthur L. Money, Senior Fellow". www.potomacinstitute.org. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Air Force Biography". Archived from the original on April 1, 2001. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "PN117 — Lawrence J. Delaney — Department of Defense". congress.gov.
- ^ Archived biography
- ^ "PN821 — Marvin R. Sambur — Department of Defense". congress.gov.
- ^ Payton Bio from Air Force
- ^ "PN1473 — Sue C. Payton — Department of Defense". congress.gov.
- ^ "Van Buren bio". Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
- ^ "LaPlante bio". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
- ^ "Air Force acquisition lead moves to MITRE".
- John J. Martin, Robert J. Hermann, Alton G. Keel, Martin F. Chen and Thomas E. Cooper all held the title "Assistant Secretary (Research, Development, and Logistics)." Daniel Rak was the first Acting Assistant Secretary (Acquisition).