Air Force Secretary Kendall Outlines A New Strategy

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall

Now into his second year as Air Force secretary, Frank Kendall plans to overhaul how the service crafts its strategy and deploys.

Credit: Andy Morataya/U.S. Air Force
Frank Kendall is still a Cold Warrior. The Air Force secretary spent the 1970s and early 1980s as an air defense soldier in the Army, deploying to Europe to keep an eye on the Soviet Union, then the U.S.’s great power adversary. The Cold War experience has largely shaped Kendall’s perspective. Now...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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