Troy Meink
Troy Meink | |
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| United States Secretary of the Air Force | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump (elect) |
| Succeeding | Frank Kendall III |
| Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office | |
| Assumed office October 5, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Frank Calvelli |
| Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space | |
| In office November 2013 – June 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Richard McKinney |
| Succeeded by | Winston Beauchamp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lemmon, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Education | South Dakota State University (BS) Ohio State University (MS, PhD) |
Troy E. Meink is an American politician. He has been the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) since 2020 during the first Trump administration and the Biden administration.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Meink was born in Lemmon, South Dakota.[2] He studied at South Dakota State University.[3] He later went to Ohio State University.[3]
Political career
[change | change source]Meink was director in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from 2006 to 2013.[1]
Meink then was the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space from November 2013 to June 2014.[1] He was assistant director of national intelligence for systems and resource analyses from 2014 to 2017, before becoming the director of Geospatial Intelligence Systems Acquisition at the NRO.[1] In October 2020, he was appointed the principal deputy director of the NRO by President Donald Trump.[4]
U.S. Secretary of the Air Force
[change | change source]On January 16, 2025, President-elect Donald Trump announced Meink as the nominee to serve as United States Secretary of the Air Force.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dr. Troy E. Meink" (PDF). National Reconnaissance Office.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Copp, Tara (January 16, 2025). "Trump picks a former air crewman and space expert to head the Air Force". Associated Press.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Troy Meink". South Dakota State University.
- ↑ Detsch, Jack (January 16, 2025). "Trump names career official for Air Force secretary". Politico.
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