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4 unusual facts about United States Secretary of the Air Force


Dudley C. Sharp

Mr. Sharp was appointed Under Secretary of the Air Force in August 1959 and on December 11, 1959, he became Secretary of the Air Force and served until 1961.

Eugene M. Zuckert

Eugene Martin Zuckert (November 9, 1911 – June 5, 2000) was the seventh United States Secretary of the Air Force from January 23, 1961 to September 30, 1965.

H. Steven Blum

Appointed by the President, he served as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff of the Army, and the United States Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force on all National Guard issues.

Kirkland H. Donald

Gates, when accepting the resignations of both Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley on June 5, 2008, cited the report's findings of a "a decline in the Air Force's nuclear mission focus and performance" and a "lack of a critical self-assessment culture" in the Air Force.


Chattanooga Times Free Press

In 1956, Charles L. Bartlett of the Washington Bureau of The Chattanooga Times won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, for articles leading to the resignation of the secretary of the Air Force, Harold E. Talbott.

Lockheed YF-22

On 23 April 1991, the YF-22 was announced by Secretary of the Air Force Donald Rice as the winner of the ATF competition.


see also

McLucas

John L. McLucas (1920–2002), United States Secretary of the Air Force