Overview

• The Senate approved Lohmeier’s confirmation as Under Secretary of the Air Force by a 52–46 vote on July 24, placing him under Secretary Troy Meink.
• He will oversee organizing and equipping roughly 700,000 military and civilian personnel and managing more than $200 billion in department assets.
• During his confirmation hearing, Lohmeier pledged to remove political distractions and foster a nonpartisan “warrior ethos” across the Air and Space Forces.
• A 2006 Air Force Academy graduate, he flew over 1,200 hours in T-38 Talon and F-15C Eagle aircraft and commanded a combined U.S. and allied space-based missile warning squadron.
• Fluent in Mandarin and an alumnus of a PLA Air Force Academy exchange, he cites firsthand insight into China’s growing military threat.