Michael Wynne
| Michael Wynne | |
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| 21st United States Secretary of the Air Force | |
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In office November 4, 2005 – June 5, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Pete Geren (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Michael B. Donley |
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September 4, 1944 Clearwater, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1966–1973 |
| Rank | Captain |
Michael Walter Wynne (born September 4, 1944) is an American business executive and was the 21st United States Secretary of the Air Force. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked for and received his resignation (and that of Chief of Staff T. Michael Moseley) on June 5, 2008, in the wake of the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident and the mistaken shipment of Minuteman III parts to Taiwan in 2006, followed by an investigation by and a critical report from Admiral Kirkland H. Donald regarding the Minuteman incident.
Michael B. Donley, Department of Defense Director of Administration and Management, was nominated to replace Wynne by President George W. Bush on June 9, 2008.
Wynne was born in Clearwater, Florida, and raised in Melbourne, Florida.
He is the younger brother of 1st Lt. Patrick Edward Wynne, call sign "Ozark",MIA August 8, 1966, in Vietnam, declared dead in 1974, Socialist Republic of Vietnam returned remains to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command March 18, 1977.
Wynne graduated with the United States Military Academy class of 1966 and served in the Air Force for seven years, ending his career as a captain and assistant professor of astronautics at the United States Air Force Academy.
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