President Biden on May 25 announced his pick to grow to be the following Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)–U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown, a former F-16 combat pilot who has had an in depth take a look at U.S. military operations world wide, including because the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command after which as the pinnacle of Pacific Air Forces before he became the Air Force’s twenty second Chief of Staff in August, 2020.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Brown can be the second African-American CJCS after the late Colin Powell, who was CJCS from 1989 until 1993.
Brown’s call to the Air Force has been to “speed up change or lose,” and he has favored retiring older weapons systems to assist pay for brand new ones. As well as, he has been an advocate for giving firms, including Google [GOOGL], a primary hand-view of Air Force operations.
“Quite a lot of things get done based on relationships, including determining the right way to get around the method and the policies,” Brown said of the Air Force last month. “As an alternative of getting an exception to the policy, sometimes I believe, ‘Just change the policy so the exception becomes the brand new rule.’ That’s the way in which we’ve gotta operate in the long run to be sure that we are able to move as fast as we want to.”
As Air Force chief, Brown has emphasized the revitalization of electronic warfare (EW) within the service.
In June 2021, the Air Force stood up the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing under Air Combat Command to concentrate on offensive EW and consolidate all Air Force electromagnetic spectrum efforts (, June 25, 2021).
Brown has said that the service has not focused on EW and has allowed its atrophy since Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Brown said that while defensive EW has sufficed against threats from foreign violent extremists, the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing might be critical in countering Russia and China.
In a May 25 ceremony within the White House Rose Garden to announce Brown because the pick to be the following CJCS, Biden said that Brown “has an unmatched first hand knowledge of our operational theaters and a strategic vision to grasp how all of them work together to make sure the security of the American people.”
Brown is to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley who became CJCS on Oct. 1, 2019 after serving as Army chief of staff.