Assistant Secretary of the Air Force is the title of five civilian officials in the
United States Department of the Air Force
The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on Sept ...
. They report to and assist the
United States Secretary of the Air Force
The secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United S ...
and the
United States Under Secretary of the Air Force
The Under Secretary of the Air Force (USECAF, or SAF/US), sometimes referred to as the Under Secretary of the Department of the Air Force, is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the Department of the Air Force of the United States of ...
.
According to U.S. law, there are five Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force "appointed from
civilian
Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, b ...
life by the
President
President most commonly refers to:
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*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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, by and with the
advice and consent
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of the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
." "The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe." The duties of three of the Assistant Secretaries are statutorily defined:
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Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Space Acquisition &Integration)10 U.S.C. § 9016(b)(6)(A)
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The General Counsel of the Air Force
The General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force (acronym SAF/GC) is the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of the Air Force.
By U.S. law, the General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force is appointed from civilian life by th ...
is also considered to be equivalent in rank to an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
References
United States Air Force