Gen
. Norton Schwartz formally became the new Air Force Chief of Staff during a ceremony yesterday at Bolling AFB, D.C. Schwartz said he is “humbled and honored” to serve in the post. He replaces Gen. Michael Moseley whom Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed in June, along with former Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne over what Gates said were shortcomings in the Air Force’s stewardship of nuclear weapons. Schwartz said he would work to address any shortcomings. “Knowing our nation expects our very, very best, we certainly have some things to fix, some fences to mend, and some challenges to overcome,” he said. “We will show ourselves worthy of the sacred trust our leaders, our joint brethren, and the American people place in us, because this business is all about trust.” Schwartz was most recently head of US Transportation Command at Scott AFB, Ill. (Includes AFPS report by Army SSgt. Michael Carden)
A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…