Air Force Secretary Wynne sees aircraft technology improvements—both in increased reliability and reduced maintenance—as pivotal to the new thinking that USAF can focus its recapitalization efforts in other areas. These new factors are driving “a re-evaluation of how [the Air Force does] operations,” said Wynne. He added that continuing innovation “will change the Air Force character.”
Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Amrhein—an experienced tanker and trainer pilot who helped oversee the Air Force’s flying training enterprise—took command of the Air Force Recruiting Service on June 2. Amrhein succeeds Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, who led AFRS starting June 2020 through a tumultuous time in recruiting. Between the COVID-19 pandemic,…