How the Air Force Is Solving Its 3 Biggest Problems

B52H Stratofortress in flight. (Photograph by StockTrek/Getty Images)

From Popular Mechanics:

The Air Force has been knocked around recently. The service has generated some bad press about the way it operates, flies, fights and plans for the future. At last week's Air Force Association annual convention, held outside of Washington, D.C., senior leadership discussed the ways the service is working to stay relevant and bolster its reputation.

It's a rare kind of inspirational speech that centers around a leader highlighting the woes of his command. But Gen. Norton Schwartz, USAF Chief of Staff, managed to sound hopeful and regretful when it came to his keynote speech at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition last week. "We were asked to put out some wildfires that had grown out of control," Schwartz told nearly a thousand attendees, many in uniform. "But the smoke has cleared and the future is no longer obscured." Here's how he says the U.S. Air Force plans to face three challenges that threaten its future.

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My Comment: The three problems that Popular Mechanics outlines are on the money. The solutions are also practical and will probably be applied one way or another .... but not now.