Government / Military

James G. Roche

2001–2005

Secretary of the Air Force (2001-05) and former Northrop Grumman executive who activated the Rapid Capabilities Office in 2003 and set its deliberately low-profile reporting chain into SAF/AA for continuity.

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confirmedAF Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)

as SecAF, activated the Rapid Capabilities Office (Apr 28, 2003)

Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019) (p.41)

confirmedNorthrop Grumman

former Northrop Grumman executive before becoming SecAF

Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019); Roche official bio

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