Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall walks with Air Marshal Melvin Hupfeld chief of the Australian air force, before a meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 8, 2021. (Wayne Clark/U.S. Air Force)
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday used his first public speech to send a message to Congress: The aircraft in your district are not exempt from the retirements the Air Force must do to free up funds for next-generation planes, drones and weapons.
“I have one request of the Congress: help us to focus on the one fight — the strategic competitive fight — we must win,” Kendall said during a speech at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference.
SecAF to Congress: Let us retire aircraft or we can’t beat China (defensenews.com)