Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks with Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, left, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones during his first meeting with the Department of the Air Force’s service chiefs, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., July 28, 2021. (Eric Dietrich/U.S. Air Force)
Defense News: The new US Air Force secretary wants to ‘scare China’
WASHINGTON — After being sworn in as the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian, Frank Kendall went straight to the budget books.
Kendall, a former Pentagon acquisition chief who is well-acquainted with the world of military technology, immediately immersed himself in the Air Force’s fiscal 2023 budget and directed a number of last-minute adjustments to the plan.
The goal, Kendall told Defense News in an exclusive Aug. 13 interview, should be to field the kinds of leap-ahead technologies that “scare China.” But whether the Air Force can do that depends on how successful it is in convincing Congress it must make near-term sacrifices to its existing aircraft inventory.
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Update #1: New US Air Force Secretary Wants to ‘Scare’ China (Antiwar.com)
Update #2: China-US arms race set to quicken as American air force chief ups ante (SCMP)
WNU Editor: The one who is going to do the scaring is China, not the U.S..
