President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Air Force told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that if confirmed, he will focus on the modernization of nuclear weapons and fixing a revamped intercontinental ballistic missile program that is over budget and behind schedule.
Troy Meink, an Air Force veteran who served in the first Gulf War, also talked during the confirmation hearing about shoring up a pilot shortage.
Meink, principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, the spy agency responsible for intelligence space systems, told the committee that if confirmed, his goal is “to organize, train, and equip the Department of the Air Force to have the lethality needed to deter all potential aggressors, and if necessary, win in conflict.”
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