Defense One: State of Defense Air Force with Gen Allvin
28 March 2024
U.S. Air Force with Gen. David Allvin, Chief of Staff of the Air Force- Investing in Modernization: General David Allvin emphasized reinvesting in operational imperatives, like NGAD and CCAAS, to enhance capabilities against advanced threats.
- Navigating Budget and Readiness: Addressed the challenge of balancing budget constraints with the need to maintain readiness, highlighting efforts to divest older aircraft and secure Congress’s approval for reallocating funds towards modernization.
- Focus on Airmen and Capabilities: Highlighted the importance of airmen development and increased pilot production to prepare the Air Force for future challenges, particularly in the context of great power competition.
Quotes relevant to Space:
Operational Imperatives for Reducing the Threat
-“Do I worry about the threat, I always worry about the threat, I do find it sometimes unhelpful to pick a date, because when you pick a date, then that becomes a polarizing date.”
-“And so we believe that some of those advancements and being able to move forward and be more effective against the threat is advancing at an alarming rate in some cases.”
Continuous Adaptation and Modernization
-“So it really is a constant management of the readiness today versus the readiness tomorrow.”
-“Because we never want to get into that fight. But we need to have enough readiness today to deter and then continue the modernization.”
Strategic Focus on Great Power Competition
“The national defense strategy would have us focus on the pacing challenge.”
“It is focused on China, but it’s actually we’re optimizing for the environment that we’re in.”
Commitment to Airmen’s Excellence and Preparedness
“My priorities are really to follow through on the good ideas that we have already had to take some of these concepts and bring them to execution.”
“I feel like my responsibility and my priorities are to provide them the best training, the best equipment, and the best enterprise.”
National Security Space
“National security space. Mission success depends on mastering the environment, outpacing the threat, and ensuring warfighters and decision makers have.”
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