Brig. Gen. Susan Desjardins tells the Colorado Springs Gazette that warfighting motivation “needs to be instilled much farther down the line.” She does not believe a cadet should wait until reaching his or her first assignment or later to learn how “to go the distance to fight and win this war.” The 1980 US Air Force Academy graduate comes to the academy from command of the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C.
The Air Force will look to the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in a closed solicitation that will create the Air Force's first university-affiliated research center (UARC), Air Force leaders said. The center will study tactical autonomy. The DAF will select the center's location from one of 11…