United States Under Secretary of the Air Force

Second-highest ranking civilian official in the Department of the Air Force of the USA

United States Under Secretary of
the Air Force

Seal of the Department of the Air Force

Flag of the under secretary of the air force

Incumbent
Edwin Oshiba
Acting

since February 24, 2025

Department of the Air Force
Style| Mister Under Secretary
The Honorable
Reports to| Secretary of the Air Force
Seat| The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Nominator| The president
with the advice and consent of the Senate
Term length| No fixed term
Constituting instrument| 10 U.S.C. § 9015
Inaugural holder| Arthur S. Barrows
Formation| September 18, 1947
Succession| 17th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment
Deputy| Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (Management) and Deputy Chief Management Office
Salary| Executive Schedule, level III
Website| www.af.mil

The under secretary of the air force (USECAF, or SAF/US), sometimes referred to as the under secretary of the Department of the Air Force,[1] is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the Department of the Air Force of the United States of America, serving directly under the secretary of the air force. In the absence of the secretary, the under secretary exercises all the powers and duties of the secretary and serves as acting secretary when the position of secretary is vacant.[2] The under secretary of the air force is appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The secretary and under secretary, together with two military officers (the chief of staff of the air force and the chief of space operations), constitute the senior leadership team of the Department of the Air Force.

The under secretary of the air force supervises the following officials:

* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Space Acquisition & Integration)
* General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force
* Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (Management) and Deputy Chief Management Officer

## List of under secretaries of the air force

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No. | Portrait  | Under Secretary  | Took office  | Left office  | Time in office

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| Arthur S. Barrows
(1884–1963)| September 18, 1947| April 21, 1950| 2 years, 215 days

| John A. McCone
(1902–1991)| June 15, 1950| October 12, 1951| 1 year, 119 days

| Roswell L. Gilpatric
(1906–1996)| October 19, 1951| February 5, 1953| 1 year, 109 days

| James H. Douglas, Jr.
(1899–1988)| March 3, 1953| April 30, 1957| 4 years, 58 days

| Malcolm A. MacIntyre
(1908–1992)| June 5, 1957| July 31, 1959| 2 years, 56 days

| Dudley C. Sharp
(1905–1987)| August 3, 1959| December 10, 1959| 129 days

| Joseph V. Charyk
(1920–2016)| January 28, 1960| March 1, 1963| 3 years, 32 days

| Brockway McMillan
(1915–2016)| June 12, 1963| September 30, 1965| 2 years, 110 days

| Norman S. Paul
(1919–1978)| October 1, 1965| September 30, 1967| 1 year, 364 days
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| Townsend Hoopes
(1922–2004)| October 2, 1967| February 3, 1969| 1 year, 124 days
11|

| John L. McLucas
(1920–2002)| March 17, 1969| July 18, 1973| ~4 years, 123 days
12|

| James W. Plummer
(1920–2013)| December 20, 1973| November 5, 1976| 2 years, 321 days

| John Joseph Martin
(1922–1997)
Acting| April 6, 1977| July 21, 1977| 106 days
13|

| Hans M. Mark
(1929–2021)| July 22, 1977| May 18, 1979| 1 year, 300 days

| Antonia Handler Chayes
(born 1929)
Acting| May 19, 1979| July 26, 1979| 68 days
14|

| Antonia Handler Chayes
(born 1929)| July 26, 1979| January 20, 1981| 1 year, 178 days
15|

| Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
(born 1938)| August 3, 1981| June 8, 1986| 4 years, 343 days
16|

| James F. McGovern
(born 1946)| November 19, 1986| May 1, 1989| 2 years, 163 days
17|

| Anne N. Foreman
(born 1947)| May 1, 1989| January 20, 1993| 3 years, 264 days
18|

| Rudy de Leon
(born 1952)| May 5, 1994| August 5, 1997| 3 years, 92 days
19|

| F. Whitten Peters
(born 1946)| November 13, 1997| August 1, 1999| 1 year, 261 days
20|

| Carol A. DiBattiste
(born 1951)| August 5, 1999| January 8, 2001| 1 year, 156 days

| Lawrence J. Delaney
(born 1935)
Acting| January 20, 2001| May 31, 2001| ~131 days
21|

| Peter B. Teets
(1942–2020)| April 15, 2001| March 25, 2005| 3 years, 344 days
22|

| Ronald M. Sega
(born 1952)| August 4, 2005| August 2007| ~2 years, 11 days
23|

| Erin C. Conaton
(born 1970)| March 11, 2010| July 6, 2012| 2 years, 117 days

| Jamie M. Morin
(born 1975)
Acting| July 6, 2012| April 28, 2013| 296 days
24|

| Eric Fanning
(born 1968)| April 18, 2013| February 17, 2015| 1 year, 305 days
25|

| Lisa S. Disbrow
(born 1962)| March 30, 2015| June 30, 2017| 2 years, 92 days

| Patricia Zarodkiewicz
Acting| June 30, 2017| August 3, 2017| 34 days
26|

| Matthew Donovan
(born 1958)| August 3, 2017| December 27, 2019| 2 years, 146 days

| John P. Roth
(born 1952/1953)
Acting| June 1, 2019| October 18, 2019| 139 days

| Shon J. Manasco
(born 1970)
Acting| December 27, 2019| January 20, 2021| 1 year, 24 days

| Anthony P. Reardon
Acting| February 2, 2021| July 26, 2021| 174 days
27|

| Gina Ortiz Jones
(born 1981)| July 26, 2021| March 6, 2023| 1 year, 223 days

| Kristyn E. Jones
Acting| March 6, 2023| May 29, 2024| 1 year, 84 days
28|

| Melissa Dalton| May 29, 2024| January 20, 2025| 236 days

| Jennifer L. Miller
Acting| January 20, 2025| February 24, 2025[3]| 35 days

| Edwin Oshiba
Acting| February 24, 2025| Incumbent| 132 days

## See also

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* Leadership of the National Reconnaissance Office

## References

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1. ^ https://facebook.com/USairforce/videos/416675599780986/ [user-generated source]
2. ^ "10 U.S. Code § 9015 - Under Secretary of the Air Force". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
3. ^ "Jennifer L. Miller Appointed Deputy County Executive | News Center".

## Sources

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* HAF MISSION DIRECTIVE 1–2, UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE, 8 SEPTEMBER 2008, accessed on 2011-01-10.
* Department of Defense Key Officials 1947–2004. Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2004
* Office of the Secretary of the Air Force – Organizational and Functional Charts 1947–1984. Washington, D.C.; Office of Air Force History, 1985
* Report To The Congress – Use of Missile Procurement Funds To Finance Research And Development Efforts – B-146876. Washington, D.C.; Comptroller General of the United States, 1969
* Watson, George M., Office of the Secretary of the Air Force 1947–65. Washington, D.C.; Center for Air Force History, 1993

## External links

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Secretaries|

* Symington
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* Quarles
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* Zuckert
* Brown
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* McLucas
* Reed
* Stetson
* Mark
* Orr
* Rourke
* Aldridge
* Rice
* Widnall
* Peters
* Roche
* Wynne
* Donley
* James
* Wilson
* Barrett
* Kendall
* Meink

Under
secretaries|

* Barrows
* McCone
* Gilpatric
* Douglas
* MacIntyre
* Sharp
* Charyk
* McMillan
* Paul
* Hoopes
* McLucas
* Plummer
* Mark
* Chayes
* Aldridge
* McGovern
* Foreman
* De Leon
* Peters
* DiBattiste
* Teets
* Sega
* Conaton
* Fanning
* Disbrow
* Donovan
* Jones
* Dalton

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Senior officials in the United States Department of Defense

Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Steve Feinberg

Secretaries of the military departments

Secretary of the Army: Daniel P. Driscoll
Secretary of the Navy: John Phelan
Secretary of the Air Force: Troy Meink

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen Dan Caine, USAF

Under secretaries of defense for

Acquisition and Sustainment: Steven J. Morani (acting)
Research and Engineering: Emil Michael
Policy: Elbridge Colby
Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer: Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell (acting)
Personnel and Readiness: Jules W. Hurst III (acting)
Intelligence: Dustin Gard-Weiss (acting)

Under secretaries of the military departments

Under Secretary of the Army: David R. Fitzgerald (acting)
Under Secretary of the Navy: Victor Minella (acting)
Under Secretary of the Air Force: Edwin Oshiba (acting)

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
ADM Christopher W. Grady, USN

Chiefs of the military services

Chief of Staff of the Army: GEN Randy A. George
Commandant of the Marine Corps: Gen Eric M. Smith
Chief of Naval Operations: ADM James W. Kilby (acting)
Chief of Staff of the Air Force: Gen David W. Allvin
Chief of Space Operations: Gen B. Chance Saltzman

Chief of the National Guard Bureau
Gen Steven S. Nordhaus, USAF

Unified Combatant Command commanders

Africa: Gen Michael E. Langley, USMC
Central: GEN Michael E. Kurilla, USA
Cyber: LTG William J. Hartman, USA (acting)
European: Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF
Indo-Pacific: ADM Samuel J. Paparo Jr., USN
Northern: Gen Gregory M. Guillot, USAF
Southern: ADM Alvin Holsey, USN
Space: Gen Stephen N. Whiting, USSF
Special Operations: GEN Bryan P. Fenton, USA
Strategic: Gen Anthony J. Cotton, USAF
Transportation: Gen Randall Reed, USAF

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Structure|

| Commands|

* Reserve
* Air National Guard
* Field Operating Agencies
* Installations

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Direct reporting units|

* District of Washington
* Operational Test and Evaluation Center
* USAF Academy

Major commands|

* ACC
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United States Space Force

Leadership|

* Department of the Air Force
* Secretary of the Air Force
* Under Secretary of the Air Force
* Space Staff
* Chief of Space Operations
* Vice Chief of Space Operations
* Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force
* Director of Staff
* Deputy Chiefs of Space Operations
* General Officers
* Generals
* Lieutenant Generals

| Oversight|

* House Armed Services Committee
* Strategic Forces subcommittee
* Senate Committee on Armed Services
* Strategic Forces subcommittee

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Structure|

| Field commands|

* Space Futures Command
* Space Operations Command
* Commander
* Space Systems Command
* Commander
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* Commander

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Component Field
Commands|

* United States Space Forces – Central
* United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa
* United States Space Forces – Indo-Pacific
* United States Space Forces – Korea
* United States Space Forces – Space

Deltas|

* Space Delta 1
* Mission Delta 2
* Mission Delta 3
* Mission Delta 4
* Space Delta 5
* Space Delta 6
* Space Delta 7
* Space Delta 8
* Space Delta 9
* Space Delta 10
* Space Delta 11
* Space Delta 12
* Space Delta 13
* Space Delta 15
* Space Delta 18
* Space Delta 21
* Space Delta 23
* Space Delta 26
* Space Launch Delta 30
* Mission Delta 31
* Space Launch Delta 45
* Space Base Delta 1
* Space Base Delta 2
* Space Base Delta 3

Squadrons|

* 1st Delta Operations
* 319th Combat Training
* 328th Weapons
* 392d Combat Training
* 533rd Training
* 21st Operations Support
* 15th Space Surveillance
* 18th Space Defense
* 19th Space Defense
* 20th Space Surveillance
* 3rd Combat Training
* 4th EW
* 5th EW
* 16th EW
* 23rd EW
* 2nd Space Warning
* 3rd satellite Communications
* 5th Space Warning
* 6th Space Warning
* 7th Space Warning
* 10th Space Warning
* 11th Space Warning
* 12th Space Warning
* 13th Space Warning
* 55th Training
* 21st Space Operations
* 22nd Space Operations
* 23rd Space Operations
* 62nd Cyberspace
* 63rd Cyberspace
* 64th Cyberspace
* 65th Cyberspace
* 68th Cyberspace
* 69th Cyberspace
* 645th Cyberspace
* 71st ISR
* 72nd ISR
* 73rd ISR
* 74th ISR
* 75th ISR
* 76th ISR
* 1st Space Operations
* 2nd Navigation Warfare
* 3rd Space Operations
* 4th Space Operations
* 10th Space Operations
* 53rd Space Operations
* 527th Space Aggressor
* 1st Test and Evaluation
* 3rd Test and Evaluation
* 17th Test and Evaluation
* 25th Space Range
* 2nd Space Launch
* 5th Space Launch
* 1st Range Operations
* NSSI

Direct reporting units|

* Space Development Agency
* Space Rapid Capabilities Office
* Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Locations|

| Space Force Bases|

* Buckley
* Los Angeles
* Patrick
* Peterson
* Schriever
* Vandenberg

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Space Bases|

* Pituffik

Space Force Stations|

* Cape Canaveral
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* Cheyenne Mountain
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Personnel
and training|

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traditions|

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* "Semper Supra"
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| Former wings and deltas|

* 21st Space Wing
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* 460th Space Wing
* Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)

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