Schwartz not afraid of Army airlifters, UAVs

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Schwartz not afraid of Army airlifters, UAVs
By John T. Bennett - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 17:39:58 EST

Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force’s chief of staff, said Wednesday that he “is not threatened” by — and will resist bureaucratic battles against — other military services that field airlifters or unmanned aircraft, signaling a departure from his predecessor.

The Army and Air Force earlier this decade clashed over the ground service’s intention to field the eventual Joint Cargo Aircraft, as well as over which service should control certain unmanned aerial vehicles.

Schwartz’s predecessor, Gen. Michael Moseley, was a noted participant in the Washington tussles over those issues.

As for the medium-lift aircraft, Schwartz told a National Defense Industrial Association conference in Washington that he “is not threatened” by the Army operating them, “so long as we know where they are, what they are carrying and that we’re making use of excess capacity.

“I’m less worried about ownership” of kinds of planes “than I am about the end results,” Schwartz said. “This is a versatility issue, not an ownership issue.


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