The Air Force needs to foster innovative ideas wherever they come from and recognize that no group of airmen has a monopoly on good ideas, said Gen. Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, during a Feb. 26 meeting with reporters at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. Schwartz was explaining his unconventional speech minutes earlier, which devoted considerable time to competing theories about the invention of moveable type in the 15th century and to ancient Athenian law that prohibited slaves from practicing in the arts. Asked what the takeaways should be from those histories, Schwartz said no one has the market on wisdom cornered, and USAF will seek good ideas wherever they originate. Moveable type, for example, was a classic case of ordinary people seeking solutions to everyday problems during hard times. Innovation will be particularly important to the Air Force during periods of austerity—such as now—Schwartz said during his speech.
How Miss America 2024 Took the Air Force Somewhere New
Dec. 20, 2024
When 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh became the first ever active service member crowned Miss America on Jan. 14, top Air Force officials recognized a rare opportunity to reach women and girls who otherwise might not consider military service as an option.