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Air Force News Europe. Welsh highlighted the
advanced aircraft’s capabilities Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James provides an update with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A.
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Deborah Lee James and Chief of like the Air Force to operate with
Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark them in multiple types of scenar- say the Air Force is still the any adversary,” James said. “We investing in our Airmen and our
A. Welsh III held a State of the ios. must continue to give our nation capabilities.”
Air Force address at the Pentagon, greatest on the planet because the Air Force capability it needs
Aug. 24. “Being able to train side by today and well into the future. James and Welsh then answered
side with them and do that kind of of its Airmen. This will only occur by properly a multitude of questions from me-
7KH¿UVWWRSLFRIGLVFXVVLRQZDV training is really important to us,” dia on a wide-range of topics.
about Airman 1st Class Spencer he said. “This is a natural evolu- “America expects an Air Force
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train in France. James briefed that capability in to train with partners
Stone’s unit will be nominating who have been long and trusted
him for the Airman’s Medal. ones.”

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selves to a set of core values: against the Islamic State of Iraq
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and excellence in all we do,” Force has executed nearly 70
James said. “Airman Stone and his percent of the air strikes and
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In her opening statement, James “We are now one year into Op-
pointed out the many achieve- eration Inherent Resolve,” James
ments the Air Force has made said. “We’ve said from the start
such as responding to an Ebola this would be a multi-year fight
outbreak in West Africa, provid- requiring political, economic,
ing humanitarian relief in Nepal, and military actions. We’ve made
maintaining ongoing commit- good progress with our strategy
ments in Afghanistan and in the of deny, disrupt, and ultimately
Pacific, and reassuring allies in defeat. Thanks to airpower, we
Europe in the face of a resurgent denied their advances and have
Russia. completely disrupted their tactics,
techniques, and procedures.”
James announced an upcoming
training exercise that will involve The secretary went on to