| Chief Scientist of the Air Force | |
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| Inaugural holder | Dr. Ivan Alexander Getting |
The Chief Scientist of the Air Force is the most senior science & 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:
| No. | 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 Frank Kendall III | Col David Montminy (2022-) Col Jason Vap (2021-2022) Col Mario Serna (2019-2021) |
| 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; California Institute of Technology PhD 1946 | 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 |
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