Gen. Michael Hostage speaks to the audience on the importance of maintaining combat capabilities with minimal resources during the Air Force Association's 2014 Air and Space Conference Sept. 16, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Hostage is responsible for organizing, training and equipping combat-ready Airmen for peacetime and wartime defense. Hostage is the commander of Air Combat Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matt Davis)