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The Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the Head of the Department of the Air Force, a component organization within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Secretary of the Air Force is appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.〔10 USC 8013 (a)〕 The Secretary reports to the Secretary of Defense and/or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and is by statute responsible for and has the authority to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Air Force.〔10 USC 8013 (a)-(b)〕 The Secretary works closely with his/her civilian deputy, the Under Secretary of the Air Force; and his/her military deputy, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who is the senior ranked uniformed officer in the United States Air Force. The first Secretary of the Air Force, Stuart Symington, was sworn-in on September 18, 1947 upon the re-organization of the Army Air Forces into a military department and a military service of its own, independent of the War Department/Army, with the enactment of the National Security Act. The salary of SECAF IS $179,700, Level II. On December 13, 2013, Deborah Lee James was confirmed by the United States Senate to be the next Secretary of the Air Force. She was sworn in by Timothy Beyland on December 20.〔(New USAF Secretary Sworn In )〕 Undersecretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning assumed the role of acting secretary when then-Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley stepped down in June. President Obama nominated James on August 1, 2013. At that time, she was serving as president of the technology and engineering sector at Science Applications International Corporation. ==Responsibilities== The Secretary is the head of the Department of the Air Force, analogous to that of a chief executive officer of a corporation. The Department of the Air Force is defined as a ''Military Department''.〔10 USC 101 (a)(8)〕 It is not limited to the Washington headquarter staffs, rather it is an entity which includes all the components of the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard: The exclusive responsibilities of the Secretary of the Air Force are enumerated in Title 10 Section 8013 (b) of the United States Code. They include, but are not limited to: By direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force assigns military units of the Department of the Air Force, other than those who carry out the functions listed in ''10 USC 8013 (b)'', to the Unified and Specified Combatant Commands to perform missions assigned to those commands. Air Force units while assigned to Combatant Commands may only be reassigned by authority of the Secretary of Defense.〔10 USC 162 (a)〕 However, the chain of command for Air Force units for other purposes than the operational direction goes from the ''President'' to the ''Secretary of Defense'' to the ''Secretary of the Air Force'' to the ''Commanders of Air Force Commands''.〔DODD 5100.1, 6.1.〕 Air Force Officers have to report on any matter to the Secretary, or the Secretary's designate, when requested. The Secretary has the authority to detail, prescribe the duties, and to assign air force service members and civilian employees, and may also change the title of any activity not statutorily designated.〔10 USC 8013 (f-g)〕 The Secretary has several responsibilities under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) with respect to Air Force service members, including to authority to convene General Courts Martial and to commute sentences. The Secretary of the Air Force may also be assigned additional responsibilities by the President or the Secretary of Defense,〔10 USC 8013 (d)〕 e.g. the Secretary is designated as the "''DoD Executive Agent for Space''", and as such: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Secretary of the Air Force」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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