AF Secretary on hot seat with Prez?

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, and the AF chief of staff, may be on the hot seat with President Donald Trump over the service's undercutting of the president’s Space Force proposal, according to an Oct. 4 article on the Foreign Policy website. At least three sources told Foreign Policy that the president was considering firing Wilson, who was confirmed as the 24th AF secretary in May, after the mid-term elections in November. A potential replacement is Alabama 3rd District Congressman Mike Rogers, who had put an emphasis on space in the months preceding the Space Force proposal. Rogers last year was among legislators to propose a sixth military entity, known as "Space Corps." The AF was to oversee its mission. But in November, congress removed the AF from the proposal in the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act requiring the new service to stand up on its own. Trump revealed that his administration wanted to create a sixth branch of the military to focus on protecting military space assets. His apparent issue with Wilson stems from the service's efforts to undercut the proposal, according to Foreign Policy. She and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein instead outlined how the service's space budget propels the Defense Department’s mission forward against emerging threats such as Russia and China. (Source: Foreign Policy 10/04/18) Gulf Coast Note: As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, Rogers was selected to serve as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, which deals with missile defense and nuclear weapons issues. Alabama's 3rd congressional district is based in east-central Alabama, including the city of Montgomery. East Alabama is home to the Anniston Army Depot and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base.