Matthew L. Lohmeier

Matt Lohmeier
Official portrait, 2025
United States Under Secretary of the Air Force
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 25, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMelissa Dalton
Personal details
EducationUnited States Air Force Academy
Air University
School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
OccupationMilitary officer
Government official
Author
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Air Force
United States Space Force
Years of service
2006–2021
RankLieutenant colonel
Unit460th Space Wing
Space-based missile warning
Commands11th Space Warning Squadron

Matthew Lohmeier is an American defense official and author serving as the United States Under Secretary of the Air Force since July 25, 2025. He previously served as a pilot and space officer in the US Air Force and US Space Force.

Military career

Matthew Lohmeier graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2006 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Social Sciences. After graduation, he attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance AFB. After pilot training, he remained at Vance AFB as a T-38 Talon instructor pilot. He then flew the F-15C Eagle and was stationed at Kadena AB. He then became a space officer and worked in the 460th Space Wing at Buckley AFB.

Command and dismissal

In 2020, Lohmeier began commanding the 11th Space Warning Squadron in the United States Space Force. During this time, he published a book titled Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military, which was critical of current military policy. Following his appearances on podcasts discussing his book in 2021, he was investigated and dismissed by Lieutenant General Stephen Whiting, the Space Operations Command commander.

Under Secretary of the Air Force

In January 2025, President Donald Trump stated that he intended for Lohmeier to serve as the Under Secretary of the Air Force. He was confirmed on July 24, 2025.

Personal life

Lohmeier is married to the granddaughter of the Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie. In 2022, he hosted the podcast The Matt Lohmeier Show. In a 2017 interview with Mormon Stories Podcast, Lohmeier stated that he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as a teenager, and completed a mission trip to Taiwan. He and his wife joined the Snuffer movement and were excommunicated from the LDS Church.

References

  1. ↑ "MATTHEW L. LOHMEIER". United States Air Force. July 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  2. 1 2 460th Space Wing Public Affairs (May 19, 2015). "Panther of the Week: Capt. Matthew Lohmeier". US Air Force. Retrieved February 12, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Holmes, Kristen; Starr, Barbara (May 17, 2021). "Space Force commander fired after comments made on conservative podcast". CNN. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Vento, Stephen (January 17, 2025). "Dismissed Space Force lieutenant colonel tapped to join Air Force leadership under Trump". The Hill. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ Vandiver, John (July 25, 2025). "Former Space Force officer once relieved over Marxism remarks confirmed as Air Force's No. 2 civilian". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "839-842: Matthew Lohmeier – Joining the Snuffer Movement". Mormon Stories Podcast. December 20, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  7. ↑ Lohmeier, Matthew. "The Matthew Lohmeier Show". Retrieved February 14, 2026 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ Lanard, Noah (February 13, 2025). "Trump to Put in Top Military Post Podcaster Fired from Space Force for Self-Publishing Book About Marxism". Mother Jones. Retrieved February 14, 2026.