Troy E. Meink (/mink/ MEENK) is an American government official who is the nominee to serve as Secretary of the Air Force.

[2] He later attended Ohio State University, earning a master's degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering in 1995 and a doctorate in the field in 1999.

[3] While a KC-135 tanker navigator, he was stationed at Grissom Air Force Base and served during the Gulf War in Iraq.

[3] Meink then served as the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space from November 2013 to June 2014.

[1] On January 16, 2025, President-elect Trump announced Meink as the nominee to serve as United States Secretary of the Air Force.