President-elect Trump on Thursday named Troy Meink, a top spy chief who has previously served as a missile engineer, as his pick for secretary of the Air Force.

Trump said in a statement on Truth Social that Meink would work with his Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth "to ensure that our Nation’s Air Force is the most effective and deadly force in the World, as we secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH."

Meink is the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an........

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