USAF’s Second Air Force has a new commander. He is Maj. Gen. Michael Gould, a fighter pilot who assumed command last week. Headquartered at Keesler AFB, Miss., 2nd AF is the service’s second-largest command, managing much of USAF’s extensive training program. Some 225,000 airmen graduate annually from its programs. Gould replaces Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback.
A record investment in research and development by the Department of the Air Force will help the United States win the long-term technology race with China, even while shrinking the fleet size before a possible mid-decade Taiwan contingency, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 17. “With the Air Force,…