US Air Force chief’s top modernization priorities aren’t what you think they are
By: Valerie Insinna  
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is spending tens of billions of dollars every year to buy new aircraft, including F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, KC-46 tankers, the T-7A trainer jet and more. But none of those platforms makes the list of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown’s top three modernization priorities.
“In some cases, I’m not so much enamored with airplanes, although, you know, I flew airplanes,†Brown said during a Nov. 12 interview where Defense News asked him to list his top three weapons priorities for the Air Force.
“It’s really the capability†that matters, he said. "And as we look at, you know, future conflicts, we may be fighting differently. I don’t know that for a fact. But when I came in, cyber wasn’t a thing. Now it is. Space was a benign environment. Now, not as much.
Here’s what Brown put on his list:
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/11/17/the-air-force-chiefs-top-modernization-priorities-arent-what-you-think-they-are/
