Hon. Gina Ortiz Jones
Military
The Honorable Gina Ortiz Jones was appointed by President Joe Biden and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in July 2021 to be the 27th Under Secretary of the Air Force, the second highest-ranking civilian leader in the Air Force and Space Force.
A Filipina American, she is the first woman of color to become the Under Secretary of any military branch and the second member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Under Secretary Jones commissioned through Air Force ROTC at Boston University.
She went on to serve as an intelligence officer and deployed to Iraq supporting close air support operations.
Upon separation from the Air Force, she advised on military and intelligence operations in Central and South America, U.S. Africa Command in Germany, and served the Libya Crisis Intelligence Cell.
Most recently, she served as the Director for Investment, leading the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
As the Under Secretary of the Air Force, she is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, comprised of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, to include organizing, training, and equipping Air and Space Forces, and for the welfare of approximately 697,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen and Guardians and their families serving around the world.
As the Under Secretary, she oversees the Department’s annual budget of more than $205 billion and directs strategy and policy development, risk management, weapons acquisition, technology investments and human resource management across a global enterprise.
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