Trump nominates intelligence official for Air Force secretary

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated an intelligence community official to close out his main military service secretaries, tapping Troy Meink for Air Force Secretary. 

Trump previously nominated businessman John Phelan for Secretary of the Navy, and Army Veteran and Yale Law School graduate Daniel Driscoll for Army Secretary. 

Meink currently works as a deputy director for the National Reconnaissance Office, and previously served in the Air Force as a KC-135 tanker navigator from 1988-1993, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. He also worked as a civilian for the Air Force for most of his career. 

"I  am pleased to announce that Dr. Troy Meink will be the next United States Secretary of the Air Force," Trump wrote in his post on Truth Social. "Troy will work with our incredible Secretary of Defense Nominee, Pete Hegseth, to ensure that our Nation’s Air Force is the most effective and deadly force in the World, as we secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH."

If confirmed by the Senate, Meink will be tasked with overseeing several modernization projects in the Air Force, including the expensive Sentinel program that modernizes the U.S.'s intercontinental ballistic missile system.

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