Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force
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Chief Scientist of the Air Force | |
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Inaugural holder | Dr. Ivan Alexander Getting |
The Chief Scientist of the Air Force is the most senior science and technology representative in the United States Department of the Air Force. The current Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force is Victoria Coleman, sworn in on April 6, 2021.[1][2]
Roles and responsibilities
The Chief Scientist of the Air Force has several roles and responsibilities, including:[3]
- Serves as chief science and technology adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Chief of Space Operations, and the Secretary of the Air Force
- Provides assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues affecting the Air Force mission
- Identifies and analyzes technical issues and brings them to the attention of Air Force leaders, and interacts with other Air Staff principals, operational commanders, combatant commands, acquisition, and science and technology communities to address cross-organizational technical issues and solutions
- Interacts with other services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense on issues affecting the Air Force in-house technical enterprise
- Serves on the Steering Committee and Senior Review Group of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
- Principal science and technology representative of the Air Force to the civilian scientific and engineering community and to the public at large
Products of the Office of the Chief Scientist
The Office of the Chief Scientist has conducted several strategic studies including:
- Technology Horizons Archived April 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Energy Horizons[4]
- Cyber Vision 2025, summarized in the Armed Forces Journal[5]
- Global Horizons
Chronological list of Chief Scientists of the Air Force
References
- ^ Everstine, Brian W. (April 7, 2021). "Coleman Takes Over as USAF's Chief Scientist". Air Force Magazine. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs (April 8, 2021). "Air Force welcomes new chief scientist". www.af.mil. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Dwayne A. Day (2005). Lightning Rod: A History of the Air Force Chief Scientist's Office. University Press of the Pacific. ISBN 1-4102-2057-5.
- ^ "Energy Horizons - A Science and Technology Vision for Air Force Energy - Senior Leader Perspective". Air Space and Power Journal. 26 (2). March–April 2012.
- ^ Michael Donley and Mark Maybury (2012). "Air Force Cyber Vision 2025". Armed Forces Journal.
External links
- "Biography of Mark T. Maybury". United States Air Force. October 2010. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
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