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The Air Force has historically struggled to get its message to Congress.
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ORLANDO, Florida - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall outlined his increasingly urgent roadmap March 3 for successfully bringing about the new technologies, thinking, and cultures the Air and Space Forces must have to deter and, if necessary, defeat modern day adversaries.
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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who took over as the department's top civilian official July 28, contends his cold warrior mindset will serve the Air Force and Space Force well as they turn.
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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks with Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond during his first staff meeting with the Department of the Air Forces service chiefs at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., July 28, 2021. closeDetails();
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From 2011 to 2017, Kendall served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in the Obama Administration. I will do everything I can to strengthen and support the great teams of American Airmen and Guardians who have dedicated themselves to protecting our country.. As the highest-ranking civilian leader of an organization with nearly 700,000 Airmen and Guardians and a budget request exceeding $173 billion, Kendall, a West Point graduate who also is an engineer and lawyer, and someone with a long and deep record of senior national security positions, will confront no shortage of issues that are both }
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Mr. Kendall is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and he holds a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from California Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration degree from the C.W.
Mr. Kendall also spent ten years on active duty with the Army serving in Germany, teaching Engineering at West Point, and holding research and development positions.
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(U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich), Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond talk prior to a meeting with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., July 28, 2021.