The Chief Scientist of the Air Force is the most senior science & technology representative 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 ...
. The current Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force is
Victoria Coleman
Victoria Stavridou-Coleman is currently serving as the 37th Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force. She took her oath of office on April 6, 2021, administered by the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General (United States), G ...
, sworn in on April 6, 2021.
Roles and responsibilities
The Chief Scientist of the Air Force has several roles and responsibilities, including:
* Serves as chief science and technology adviser to the
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the
Chief of Space Operations
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, and the
Secretary of the Air Force
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* 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 HorizonsEnergy HorizonsCyber Vision 2025 summarized in th
Armed Forces Journalref>
Global Horizons
Chronological list of Chief Scientists of the Air Force
References
External links
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