The Air Force must work differently with other Department of Defense stakeholders, Congress and both traditional and emerging industry partners to streamline processes and incentivize intelligent risk-taking. “Only through collaboration within and throughout will we succeed. If we don’t change – if we fail to adapt – we risk losing the certainty with which we have defended our national interests for decades,” Brown warns in the document. “Our Air Force must accelerate change to control and exploit the air domain to the standard the nation expects and requires from us. Though only 8-pages, the document spans a range of critical topics that touch on doctrine, Air Force culture, and the changing threats and adversaries the nation confronts. The directive is a mixture of Brown’s expectations for what is required to ensure air superiority and for the Air Force to fulfill its mission to defend the United States and its interests. “We must rise to the occasion,” he added.

I’d rather try to help shape what’s going on versus sitting back observing and being impacted by what’s going on,” he said.Īccording to Brown, “the document itself is really about why we need to change and foreshadow some aspects of the ‘what’ and the ‘how.’” And personally, I’d rather drive than ride. “So I think we have a window of opportunity to accelerate some of those changes. “We can’t predict the future, but we can definitely shape the future,” Brown said during a media roundtable in which he presented the 8-page strategic approach entitled, “Accelerate Change or Lose.” 31 that the service must go fast, must collaborate more effectively with Congress and military, industry and allied partners, and “must accelerate the transition from the force we have to the force required for a future high-end fight.” (AFNS) - In his first major pronouncement as Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Secretary of the Air Force Public AffairsĪRLINGTON, Va.

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