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Mar 25, 2023 · Hon. Frank Kendall III, 26th Secretary of the Air Force, in conversation with Bob Cusack (Editor in Chief, The Hill) The Future of Defense: The Next Frontier for Military Flight, streamed on...
77.9K subscribers. Subscribed. 10. 879 views Streamed 3 months ago. The Secretary of the US Air Force Frank Kendall discusses the Air Force’s operational imperatives to ensure warfighting...
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Kendall began his career as a U.S. Army officer. After several assignments including postings to Germany and teaching engineering at West Point, he joined the civil service working as a systems engineer in missile defense. In 1986, he became the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Strategic Defense Systems as a member of the Senior Executive Servi...
In 2010 Kendall returned to government, first as Principal Under Secretary and then Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. During his tenure as Under Secretary, Kendall implemented policies that led to substantial improvements in the cost and schedule performance of the Defense Department's weapons acquisition program...
On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden announced Kendall as his nominee to be the 26th Secretary of the Air Force. His Senate confirmation occurred after almost three months of deliberation, due to holds by Senators Mike Lee, Gary Peters and Elizabeth Warren, the latter of whom released her hold after Kendall agreed to extend his post-governmental ...
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Jul 26, 2021 · Military News. Senate Confirms Frank Kendall to Lead Air Force. Frank Kendall III, President Joe Biden's nominee to be secretary of the Air Force, appears for his confirmation hearing...
Aug 27, 2021 · Frank Kendall became the 26th Secretary of the Department of the Air Force on July 28, 2021. An engineer, lawyer, and West Point graduate, Kendall was the Defense Department undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics from 2012 to 2017. He spoke with Editor in Chief Tobias Naegele and Pentagon Editor Brian Everstine Aug. 6.
May 3, 2024 · This image from remote video released by the U.S. Air Force shows Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall during his experimental flight inside the cockpit of a X-62A VISTA aircraft autonomous warplane above Edwards Air Base, Calif, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. United States Air Force Photo via AP.
Frank Kendall is the 26th Secretary of the Air Force responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the U.S. Air and Space Forces. In this capacity, he directs the Department of the Air Force ...
