New Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne says that the Air Force needs to have transparent process oversight—“that maybe we never had before.” For Wynne, it is as simple as: “Say what you are going to do, and do what you say. Set a standard and then adhere to the standard.” He believes such an approach will “drive away a lot of our critics.”
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.