Dr. Troy E. Meink, deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, answers questions during a space budget briefing March 5, 2014, at the Pentagon. Meink discussed the Air Force's commitment to competition, finding cost-effective measures, and fielding capabilities to address concerns of a growing contested environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Troy E. Meink to become the next Secretary of the Air Force, he announced Jan. 16.

Meink is currently the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, a Department of Defense intelligence agency that works closely with the Space Force.

Meink was appointed to his current role under the previous Trump administration. He has served in the Air Force as a KC-135 tanker navigator starting in 1988, before leaving Active Duty in 1993. He then spent much of his career as a civilian working for the Air Force in various space roles, including as the deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space...

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