I know Brits aren't big on titles but the position is Secretary
of the Air Force.
Her predecessor is also female, by the way.
In 1997 President Clinton attempted to place another Air Force Academy graduate, Daryl Jones, in the job. However, discrepancies surfaced in his flying record and his former squadron commander and several of his former 'Mako' squadron mates flew to DC to testify against his nomination on Capitol Hill.
Jones joined the F-16 Air National Guard unit at Homestead AFB in the wake of the 1988 FAA test cheating scandal. However, his law practice and political career were on the rise and he perhaps didn't devote enough attention to maintaining his flying skills.
He apparently scraped the tail on an F-16 twice in the same day. After several other safety issues his squadron commander allowed him to ground himself, a fact that did not appear in his application for Senate confirmation.
The Florida state legislator in line to become the next secretary of the Air Force was compelled to stop flying fighter jets in 1991 as a reservist after his commander expressed concern that he was compromising safety.
Daryl L. Jones reluctantly agreed to stay out of the cockpit and take a support job rather than face a formal move to ground him, according to accounts by him and his former superiors. His uneven performance in the air stirred complaints at the time among some squadron members, and a series of mishaps finally prompted warnings from his commander that he was becoming a risk to himself and others.
Senior White House and Defense Department officials who had signed off on Jones's expected nomination as secretary said they had been unaware of the episode until asked about it by a reporter. Officer evaluation reports about Jones from the period contain no mention of his deteriorating flying performance in 1991 or the decision by his commander to confront him, according to a government official with access to the confidential records.
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