President Donald Trump has on Tuesday announced that Barbara Barrett will make a good Air Force Secretary if appointed, as he looks to nominates the former chairwoman of the Aerospace Corporation for the position.
For Barbara Barrett to be Air Force Secretary, she will have to go through the Senate screening, and if confirmed she will replace Heather Wilson who resigned from the post in March.
President Donald Trump had on Tuesday tweeted this on his Twitter handle about the appointment. He said:
“I am pleased to announce my nomination of Barbara Barrett of Arizona, and former Chairman of the Aerospace Corporation, to be the next Secretary of the Air Force. She will be an outstanding Secretary! #FlyFightWin,”
Barbara Barrett as chairwoman of the Aerospace Corporation’s Board of Trustees, oversaw a “$1 billion federally funded research and development centre for national security and military space systems,”.
Wilson who she will be replacing, also tweeted her support for Barrett Tuesday calling the move a “Wonderful choice by the President!”
In her March resignation letter to Trump, Wilson said she would leave government to become the next President of the University of Texas at El Paso in September pending a favourable final vote by the University of Texas Board of Regents. The university confirmed her appointment in April.
“It has been a privilege to serve alongside our Airmen over the past two years and I am proud of the progress that we have made restoring our nation’s defence. We have improved the readiness of the force; we have cut years out of acquisition schedules and gotten better prices through competition; we have repealed hundreds of superfluous regulations; we have strengthened our ability to deter and dominate in space,” she said in her letter.
“I very much appreciate the opportunity to have served. I remain a strong advocate for our nation’s defence and an Airman for life,” Wilson added.