Goldfein: Cut out pointless AFIs to empower squadron commanders
By: Stephen Losey, March 10, 2017 (Photo Credit: Scott Ash/Air Force)
ORLANDO, Florida — The Air Force is now reviewing more than 1,100 Air Force Instructions to cut out pointless rules that limit squadron commanders' authority to make decisions.
In remarks at the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium here March 2, Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein said this is one of the next steps in his effort to overhaul how the service's more than 3,400 squadrons — which range in size from 40 to 1,400 airmen each — operate. He suggested that streamlining AFIs to empower squadron commanders would be a commonsense step to make the Air Force operate more efficiently and effectively, though he did not offer any examples of what kind of rules might be eliminated or changed.
"If we trust that commander with the most destructive weaponry on the planet, by God, we can trust them with decision authority as well," Goldfein said.
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