Gen. Mike Hostage addresses audience members during his “Combat Forces in the 2020’s” speech at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 17, 2013, in Washington, D.C. A majority of Hostage’s comments were focused around aircraft, though he stated that the most powerful resource is Airmen. Hostage is the Air Combat Command commander. (U.S Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nesha Humes)