Lt. Gen. David Deptula, who is retiring as the Air Force’s first intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance boss, was not a “rogue voice,” says Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. Speaking at Deptula’s retirement dinner last Friday at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C., Schwartz said Deptula did not freelance his frequent, logical, and articulate comments about the value of airpower, often to the chagrin of the other services. “Everything that Dave did or said, he was asked to do” by USAF’s senior leadership, said Schwartz, praising Deptula as a loyal officer and a singular visionary. Deptula is credited with devising the winning air campaigns in both Gulf Wars, for being USAF’s point man in various Defense Department reviews, and for pulling together the service’s previously disparate ISR enterprise. “Someone like Dave Deptula only comes along every 10 years or so, or maybe only once in a career,” said Schwartz. He added, “There is no one else like him, and we cannot replace him.”
B-21 Bomber Shelter May Reveal Size of Secret Jet
March 3, 2021
The Air Force may have inadvertently revealed the size of the secret B-21 bomber with the release of an image of a temporary shelter for the airplane. The service is evaluating several designs for temporary shelters for everyday use and deployment to temporary operating locations. If the B-21 fully fits…