Kenney Comes Up on One Year:
As the Kenney Headquarters at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, nears the end of its first year, a senior Pacific Air Forces official says the warfighting center fills a previous void, like the other warfighting headquarters recently established by the Air Force, providing a “ready to act command and control capability 24/7/365.” Kenney commander, Lt. Gen. David Deptula, said, “Never again will we commence a no-notice contingency from a standing start.”
The emphasis on speed in the Pentagon’s newly unveiled slate of acquisition reforms may come with increased near-term cost increases, analysts say. But according to U.S. defense officials, the new weapons-buying construct provides the military with enough flexibility to prevent runaway budget overruns in major programs.
