American retired Lieutenant Colonel
Gary A. Ashworth is an American retired Lieutenant Colonel who has served as the acting United States Secretary of the Air Force since January 2025.
Education
Ashworth received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Lehigh University in 1987, and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1994.[1][2]
Career
Ashworth served in the Air Force for over 20 years, before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.[1]
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump appointed Ashworth the acting United States Secretary of the Air Force.[3]
References
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- Secretary of Defense
- Pete Hegseth
- Deputy Secretary of Defense
- Robert G. Salesses (acting)
- Secretaries of the military departments
Secretary of the Army: Mark Averill (acting)
- Secretary of the Navy: Terence Emmert (acting)
- Secretary of the Air Force: Gary Ashworth (acting)
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Gen Charles Q. Brown Jr., USAF
- Under secretaries of defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment: William A. LaPlante
- Research and Engineering: Heidi Shyu
- Policy: Amanda J. Dory (acting)
- Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer: Michael J. McCord
- Personnel and Readiness: Ashish Vazirani (acting)
- Intelligence: Milancy Harris (acting)
- Under secretaries of the military departments
Under Secretary of the Army: David R. Fitzgerald (acting)
- Under Secretary of the Navy: Victor Minella (acting)
- Under Secretary of the Air Force: Jennifer L. Miller (acting)
- Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- ADM Christopher W. Grady, USN
- Chiefs of the military services
Chief of Staff of the Army: GEN Randy A. George
- Commandant of the Marine Corps: Gen Eric M. Smith
- Chief of Naval Operations: ADM Lisa M. Franchetti
- Chief of Staff of the Air Force: Gen David W. Allvin
- Chief of Space Operations: Gen B. Chance Saltzman
- Chief of the National Guard Bureau
- Gen Steven S. Nordhaus, USAF
- Unified Combatant Command commanders
Africa: Gen Michael E. Langley, USMC
- Central: GEN Michael E. Kurilla, USA
- Cyber: Gen Timothy D. Haugh, USAF
- European: GEN Christopher G. Cavoli, USA
- Indo-Pacific: ADM Samuel J. Paparo Jr., USN
- Northern: Gen Gregory M. Guillot, USAF
- Southern: ADM Alvin Holsey, USN
- Space: Gen Stephen N. Whiting, USSF
- Special Operations: GEN Bryan P. Fenton, USA
- Strategic: Gen Anthony J. Cotton, USAF
- Transportation: Gen Randall Reed, USAF
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