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William A. Davidson Jr.

1985

Career Air Force Office of Special Investigations officer (NRO chief of polygraph in the 1970s) whom Under SecAF/NRO director Pete Aldridge tasked in 1985 to design the Air Force's black-program oversight mechanism. He stood up and led SAF/AAZ, became deputy administrative assistant (1990), then administrative assistant to the SecAF (1994); the RCO reported to him. A primary source (2018 interviews) for the Air Force's own history of SAF/AA.

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confirmedSAF/AAZ (Special Program Oversight)
stood up and led SAF/AAZ, the AF's special-access/black-program oversight office
Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019) (pp.20-21)
confirmedSAF/AA (Office of the Administrative Assistant)
administrative assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (1994; deputy from 1990)
Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019)
confirmedEdward "Pete" Aldridge Jr.
as Under SecAF/NRO director, tasked him in 1985 to build an AF black-program oversight mechanism after the Army Yellow Fruit scandal
Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019) (p.20)
Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].