Post: | Chief Scientist of the Air Force |
Insignia: | File:Headquarters US Air Force Badge.png |
Insigniacaption: | Headquarters Air Force Identification Badge |
Incumbent: | Dr. Victoria Coleman |
Incumbentsince: | April 6, 2021 |
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]
The Chief Scientist of the Air Force has several roles and responsibilities, including:[3]
The Office of the Chief Scientist has conducted several strategic studies including:
Picture | Name | Term of Office | Doctorate | Chief of Staff | Secretary | Military Assistant | |
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37 | Dr. Victoria Coleman | April 6, 2021 – Incumbent | University of Manchester, Computer Science, 1988 | Charles Q. Brown Jr. | John P. Roth | Col David Montminy (2022-) Col Jason Vap (2021-2022) Col Mario Serna (2019-2021) | |
David W. Allwin | Frank Kendall III | ||||||
36 | Dr. Richard J. Joseph | January 2018 – April 5, 2021 | University of Texas at Austin, Physics, 1979 | Charles Q. Brown Jr. | Barbara Barrett | Col Mario Serna (2019-2021) Col Michelle Ewy (2016-2019) | |
David L. Goldfein | Heather Wilson | ||||||
35 | Dr. Greg Zacharias | June 2015 – January 2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Instrumentation, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1977 | Mark Welsh | Deborah Lee James | Col Michelle Ewy (2016–2019) Col Anne L. Clark (2015–2016) | |
34 | Dr. Mica Endsley | June 2013 – May 2015 | University of Southern California, Industrial & Systems Engineering, 1990 | Mark Welsh | Deborah Lee James | Col Anne L. Clark (2014-2015) Col James (Monty) Greer (2013-2014) | |
33 | Dr. Mark T. Maybury | October 2010– May 2013 | University of Cambridge, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), 1991 | Mark Welsh | Michael B. Donley | Col James (Monty) Greer (2012–2013) Col Rod Miller (2011–2012) Col Eric Silkowski (2010–2011) | |
Norton A. Schwartz | |||||||
32 | Dr. Werner J. A. Dahm | October 2008– September 30, 2010 | California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics, 1985 | Norton A. Schwartz | Michael B. Donley | Col Eric Silkowski (2008–2010) | |
31 | Dr. Mark J. Lewis | October 2004 – October 2008 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1988 | T. Michael Moseley | Michael Wynne | Col Robert Fredell (2006–2008) | |
John P. Jumper | James G. Roche | Col Daniel DeForest (2004–2006) | |||||
30 | Dr. Alexander H. Levis | 2001–2004 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Control Systems), 1968 | John P. Jumper | James G. Roche | Col Daniel DeForest (2004) Col John Bedford (Sept. 2001 to 2003) Col Donald Erbschloe (-Dec 2001) | |
29 | Dr. Louis S. Metzger | 1999–2001 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, 1975 | Michael E. Ryan | James G. Roche Lawrence J. Delaney F. Whitten Peters | Col Donald Erbschloe (1998–2001) | |
28 | Dr. Daniel E. Hastings | 1997–1999 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Physics, 1980; (B.A. Oxford in Mathematics) | F. Whitten Peters | |||
27 | Dr. Ed Feigenbaum | 1994–1997 | Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) | Ronald R. Fogleman | Sheila E. Widnall | Col Harvey Dahljelm (1994–1998) | |
Merrill A. McPeak | |||||||
26 | Dr. George R. Abrahamson | 1991–1994 | Merrill A. McPeak | Merrill A. McPeak Michael B. Donley Donald B. Rice | Col James Whiting (1991–1994) | ||
25 | Dr. Robert W. Selden | 1988–1991 | John M. Loh Michael Dugan Larry D. Welch | Donald B. Rice John J. Welch, Jr. James F. McGovern | Col Dan Heitz (1988–1989) and Col John Woody (1989–1991) | ||
24 | Dr. Harold W. Sorenson | 1985–1988 | UCLA, Electrical Engineering, 1966 | Larry D. Welch Charles A. Gabriel | Edward C. Aldridge Jr. Russell A. Rourkee Verne Orr | Col Robert Hovde (1983–1987) and Col Robert Lancaster (1987–1988) | |
23 | Allen R. Stubberud | 1983–1985 | UCLA, Engineering | Charles A. Gabriel | Verne Orr | Col Robert Hovde (1983–1987) | |
22 | Edwin B. Stear | 1979–1982 | Lew Allen Jr. | Hans Mark | Col Michael Mottern (1982–1983) Col Robert Bannach (1981–1982) | ||
21 | Harry L. Van Trees | 1978–1979 | John C. Stetson | Col Robert Dundervill Jr. (1977–1981) | |||
20 | Fumio Robert Naka | 1975–1978 | David C. Jones | John C. Stetson Thomas C. Reed James W. Plummer | BGen Charles Cabell Jr. (1976–1977) | ||
19 | Dr. Michael I. Yarymovych | 1973–1975 | B. Eng Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, New York University 1955, D Eng SC, 1960 Columbia University, Institute of Flight Structures | David C. Jones George S. Brown John Dale Ryan | James W. Plummer John L. McLucas | Col James Strub (1974–1976) | |
18 | Eugene E. Covert | 1972–1973 | MIT PhD Magnetohydrodynamics | John D. Ryan | Robert C. Seamans, Jr. | Col Thaddeus Welch Jr. (1971–1974) | |
17 | James W. Mar | 1970–1972 | MIT Undergraduate 1941; PhD MIT, Civil Engineering | LtCol Frank Attinger Jr. (1966–1971) | |||
16 | John J. Welch, Jr. | 1969–1970 | Undergraduate MIT Mechanical Engineering 1951 | ||||
15 | John C. Fisher | 1968–1969 | Undergraduate Ohio State, Physics, MIT PhD | John P. McConnell | Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Harold Brown | ||
14 | Robert H. Cannon, Jr. | 1966–1968 | University of Rochester 1944 PhD Mechanical Engineering MIT 1950 | Harold Brown | |||
13 | Robert G. Loewy | 1965–1966 | RPI, MIT Masters 1948 | Col Mike Zubon (1962–1966) | |||
12 | Dr. Winston R. Markey | 1964–1965 | BS Aeronautical Engineering, MIT, 1951, PhD MIT Aero Instrumentation | John P. McConnell Curtis E. LeMay | Eugene M. Zuckert | ||
11 | Dr. Robert W. Buchheim | 1963–1964 | Curtis E. LeMay | ||||
10 | Dr. Launor F. Carter | 1962–1963 | Physiology | ||||
9 | Dr. Leonard S. Sheingold | 1961–1962 | Col Loyd Jensen (1961–1962) | ||||
8 | Alexander H. Flax | 1959–1961 | New York University, Aeronautical Engineering, 1940 | Thomas D. White | Dudley C. Sharp James H. Douglas, Jr. | Col David Pearsall (1957–1961) | |
7 | Joseph V. Charyk | 1959 | Univ of Alberta, Engineering Physics 1942 | James H. Douglas, Jr. | |||
6 | George E. Valley Jr. | 1957–1958 | University of Rochester, Physics, 1939 | ||||
5 | Courtland D. Perkins | 1956–1957 | M.S. MIT 1941; Princeton Honorary PhD, 2001 | Nathan F. Twining | James H. Douglas, Jr. Donald A. Quarles | Col John Taylor (1954–1957) | |
4 | Dr. Horton Guyford Stever | 1955–1956 | California Institute of Technology, Physics, 1941 | Donald A. Quarles Harold E. Talbott | |||
3 | Dr. Chalmers W. Sherwin | 1954–1955 | University of Chicago, Experimental Physics 1940 (with Arthur Dempster) | Harold E. Talbott | |||
2 | David T. Griggs | 1951–1952 | Junior Fellow in Geology at University of Harvard | Hoyt S. Vandenberg | Thomas K. Finletter | Col Theodore Walkowicz(1950–1954) | |
1 | Dr. Louis N. Ridenour reported to MGen Gordon P. Saville DCS/D | 1950–1951 | California Institute of Technology, Physics, 1936 | Col Peter Shenk (1950) | |||
None | Gen James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (Special Assistant for Scientific Matters) | 1951 | MIT Sc.D. in Aeronautics, June 1925 | ||||
None | Dr. Ivan Alexander Getting (Special Assistant for Evaluation) | 1950 | University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), Astrophysics, 1935 | William S. Symington |