Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force

The Chief Scientist of the Air Force is the most senior science and 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]

Chief Scientist of the Air Force

Dr. Ivan Alexander Getting

Serves as chief science and technology adviser to the , the Chief of Space Operations, and the Secretary of the Air Force

Chief of Staff of the Air Force

Provides assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues affecting the Air Force mission

Identifies and analyzes technical issues and brings them to the attention of Air Force leaders, and interacts with other Air Staff principals, operational commanders, combatant commands, acquisition, and science and technology communities to address cross-organizational technical issues and solutions

Interacts with other services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense on issues affecting the Air Force in-house technical enterprise

Serves on the Steering Committee and Senior Review Group of the .

Air Force Scientific Advisory Board

Principal science and technology representative of the Air Force to the civilian scientific and engineering community and to the public at large

The Chief Scientist of the Air Force has several roles and responsibilities, including:^[3]

Archived April 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Technology Horizons

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Energy Horizons

summarized in the Armed Forces Journal^[5]

Cyber Vision 2025

Global Horizons

The Office of the Chief Scientist has conducted several strategic studies including:

. United States Air Force. October 2010. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2010.