Brown: Air Force needs to 'break out' of bureaucracy, rethink readiness to adapt

By Michael Marrow / June 22, 2022 at 3:04 PM
The Air Force will need to undergo cultural changes, overcome bureaucratic constraints and re-evaluate how it measures readiness to evolve, the service’s top uniformed officer said today. Speaking at an event at the Hudson Institute this morning on the future of the Air Force, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown said that emerging technologies have run up against cultural barriers. The implementation of the service’s Advanced Battle Management System, he said, is a key example because its backbone is complex...

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