Air Force Leadership Asserts China as Top Adversary $(".fancybox-content").css("height", newImgHgt + "px"); Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., also expressed support for Kendalls nomination. This has made him a formidable adversary to Batman. 1. Former Board Member, Truman National Security Project var winWth = $(window).innerWidth(); } return isMobile; He served 11 years as an active duty Army officer, including assignments in Germany, teaching Engineering at West Point, and in research and development positions. 1994 Graduate, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pa. Frank Kendall III (born January 26, 1949) is an American engineer, lawyer and executive who is the 26th and current United States Secretary of the Air Force. caption += '