Michael Wynne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael Wynne

Federal government official; U.S. Air Force officer; business executive

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1944

Place of Birth: Clearwater, Florida, United States

Profession: businessperson, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.