WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:

* Published Feb. 13, 2024

* Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) --

Only hours after Air Force leaders announced sweeping changes to "reoptimize" the service, one of the plan's architects, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, told a large and influential audience Feb. 13 that the effort kicks off in a "time of consequence" in Air Force history.

Allvin's keynote remarks at the AFA Warfare Symposium put the ambitious reoptimization in historical terms, linking it in significance to the consequential eras preceding well known shifts in Air Force history such as Doolittle's raid on Japan, the Berlin Airlift, and more historic eve...