Airpower advocates are used to paraphrasing retired Gen. Chuck Horner, air boss of the first Gulf War, that little can be achieved in modern warfare without airpower. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, offering the keynote address at the AFA convention yesterday, offered a new riff on that thought: “Without cyber dominance, all other domains are at risk.” Wynne said he is working on setting up a cyber command, and noted that cyber warfare can be conducted “globally, simultaneously, and on infinite fronts.”
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,…