New Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz described the service’s nuclear enterprise business as “all about precision” during an Aug. 22 visit with airmen at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., the home of the 341st Missile Wing. He said, too, that “perfection in this business is the standard.” Schwartz noted that as an institution the Air Force had lost focus on its nuclear mission, but he maintained that “being the steward of the nation’s most lethal weapon is a profound honor.” He admonished the missileers that in the Air Force family “no discipline or job is more important than the other. … Everyone matters. Everyone counts and everyone’s in.” As he did during an earlier visit to Hill AFB, Utah, Schwartz used a new catchphrase “Send me,” declaring, “Send me downrange or send me to a launch control facility. Send me … because that is [the Air Force] legacy.” (Malmstrom report by SrA. Eydie Sakura)
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…