Michael Dominguez served for several months as Acting Secretary of the Air Force, returning to his former job as USAF’s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld picked Pete Geren to serve as temporary head of the Air Force. Now, Dominguez is headed to a bigger job—pending Senate confirmation—as deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
Pilot Mixed Up MQ-9 Controls in June 2020 Crash
April 12, 2021
An MQ-9 pilot pulled a wrong lever as the Reaper was taking off in Syracuse, N.Y., causing the remotely piloted aircraft to lose fuel supply and crash in June 2020, according to an Air Force investigation. The MQ-9 was “significantly damaged” at a cost of $6.085 million in the crash…