Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

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The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) (SAF/AQ) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Air Force. The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) is the United States Air Force service acquisition executive (SAE), responsible for all Air Force research, development and non-space acquisition activities.

He/she provides direction, guidance and supervision of all matters pertaining to the formulation, review, approval and execution of acquisition plans, policies and programs. The SAE directs $30 billion annual investments that include major programs like the KC-X, F-22A, F-35, C-17 and munitions, as well as capability areas such as information technology and command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. The SAE formulates and executes the $210 billion Air Force investment strategy to acquire systems and support services to provide combat capability to joint warfighting commanders.

Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (Acquisition) (Incomplete List)

	Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President Appointed By	Secretary Served Under
	Alton G. Keel, Jr.[1]	1981	1982	Ronald Reagan	Verne Orr
	Thomas E. Cooper[2]	1983	1987	Ronald Reagan	Verne Orr, Russell A. Rourke, Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
	John J. Welch, Jr.[3]	1987	1992	Ronald Reagan	Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Donald Rice
	G. Kim Wincup[4]	1992	1992	George H. W. Bush	Donald Rice
	Clark G. Fiester[5]	1993	1995	Bill Clinton	Sheila Widnall
	Lawrence J. Delaney[6]	1999	2001	Bill Clinton	F. Whitten Peters
	Marvin R. Sambur[7]	2001	January 2005	George W. Bush	James G. Roche
	Sue C. Payton[8]	2006	2009	George W. Bush	Michael Wynne, Michael B. Donley
	David M. Van Buren[9]	2009	March 2012	Barack Obama	Michael B. Donley
	William A. LaPlante, Jr[10]	2014		Barack Obama	Deborah Lee James

References

1. 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)"
2. 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.
3. George Bush: Continuation of John J. Welch, Jr., as an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Aug. 9, 1989
4. Wincup bio
5. Clinton nomination
6. Air Force Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived April 1, 2001)
7. Archived biography
8. Payton Bio from Air Force
9. "Van Buren bio".
10. "LaPlante bio".

External links

• http://ww3.safaq.hq.af.mil/organizations/index.asp - Air Force Acquisition