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New Air Force Chief Of Staff Sees Acquisition, Nuclear Enterprise Reform As Top Priorities

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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic Efforts to correct difficulties in the Air Force acquisition process and the service's oversight of the U.S. nuclear arsenal are its top priorities, Gen. Norton Schwarz, the new Air Force chief of staff, said yesterday. "Acquisition and the nuclear enterprise are priority one in terms of making things right," Schwartz said during a press briefing at the Pentagon. Schwartz became the beleaguered Air Force's 19th chief of staff during a ceremony yesterday at Bolling AFB, Wash. Previous…

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