Wilsbach: Pentagon-level test and evaluation needs to 'support, not hinder' service efforts

By Shelley K. Mesch / October 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Pentagon's operational test and evaluation office should only play an advisory role to the services without having the power to mandate testing structures, said retired Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, President Trump's nominee for Air Force chief of staff. Wilsbach’s comments, which come from his responses to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s advance policy questions posted during his nomination hearing yesterday , don’t contradict the stated mission of the office of the director of operational test and evaluation but...

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