WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today met with President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to be the 27^th Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Troy Meink.

In the meeting, Chairman Wicker and Dr. Meink discussed challenges and opportunities in the future Air Force fleet structure, including sixth-generation aircraft, unmanned systems, and American dominance in space.

“It was good to meet with President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of the Air Force. We have a lot of work to do to ensure that the Air and Space Forces own the skies and stars, including standing up the Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter (NGAD), accelerating the procurement of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), preserving existing and effective Air Force fighters, and constructing platforms that will be critical to a future national missile defense system. I appreciated Dr. Meink’s perspective on these and other issues,” said Chairman Wicker. “Dr. Meink also understands that air and space power are essential to America’s military rebuild under President Trump. I look forward to leading his confirmation hearing.”

Troy Meink recently served as the Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. He was previously the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space.

Read more about Senator Wicker’s vision for the Air Force here and here.