1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:08,409 --> 00:00:10,576 Air Force Chief of Staff General David 3 00:00:10,576 --> 00:00:12,242 Alvin spoke with the American 4 00:00:12,242 --> 00:00:14,409 Enterprise Institute and re emphasized 5 00:00:14,409 --> 00:00:16,576 the need to aggressively integrate and 6 00:00:16,576 --> 00:00:18,742 reshape the service to confront rising 7 00:00:18,742 --> 00:00:20,909 threats . Alvin explained the critical 8 00:00:20,909 --> 00:00:23,131 importance of allies and partners as he 9 00:00:23,131 --> 00:00:24,687 carried fresh insights from 10 00:00:24,687 --> 00:00:26,909 conversations with leaders from Japan , 11 00:00:26,909 --> 00:00:28,687 South Korea , Australia and the 12 00:00:28,687 --> 00:00:31,020 Philippines among others . Alvin says 13 00:00:31,030 --> 00:00:33,086 seeing countries leaning into a more 14 00:00:33,086 --> 00:00:35,141 trilateral cooper operation shows an 15 00:00:35,141 --> 00:00:37,252 understanding of the values of allies 16 00:00:37,252 --> 00:00:39,363 and partners and may be something the 17 00:00:39,363 --> 00:00:41,363 war in Ukraine is teaching a lot of 18 00:00:41,363 --> 00:00:43,474 people , Secretary of the Air Force , 19 00:00:43,474 --> 00:00:45,641 Frank Kendall highlighted air mobility 20 00:00:45,641 --> 00:00:47,586 forces growing role in great power 21 00:00:47,586 --> 00:00:49,641 competition . In his keynote address 22 00:00:49,641 --> 00:00:51,752 during the Airlift Tanker Association 23 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:53,641 symposium , Kendall says that the 24 00:00:53,641 --> 00:00:55,808 enterprise wide re optimization effort 25 00:00:55,808 --> 00:00:57,752 he has seen over the last year has 26 00:00:57,752 --> 00:00:59,794 demonstrated a sense of with air 27 00:00:59,805 --> 00:01:01,527 mobility command , taking full 28 00:01:01,527 --> 00:01:03,784 ownership and leading the way . He 29 00:01:03,794 --> 00:01:05,961 concluded his speech by expressing his 30 00:01:05,961 --> 00:01:07,794 appreciation for the Total Force 31 00:01:07,794 --> 00:01:10,004 mobility team that employs air crew on 32 00:01:10,014 --> 00:01:12,236 the road one out of every three days on 33 00:01:12,236 --> 00:01:14,565 average to provide global reach any 34 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:18,339 time anywhere airmen can now utilize 35 00:01:18,349 --> 00:01:20,940 the new squadron Innovation Fund or SIF 36 00:01:20,949 --> 00:01:23,060 marketplace which was launched by the 37 00:01:23,060 --> 00:01:24,782 Air Force to revolutionize how 38 00:01:24,782 --> 00:01:26,680 innovation is funded and fostered 39 00:01:26,690 --> 00:01:28,459 across the service . The SIF 40 00:01:28,470 --> 00:01:30,359 marketplace is a virtual platform 41 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:32,470 designed to empower airmen to develop 42 00:01:32,470 --> 00:01:34,419 and support innovative ideas that 43 00:01:34,430 --> 00:01:36,374 address operational challenges and 44 00:01:36,374 --> 00:01:38,430 improve processes throughout the air 45 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:40,319 force . The SIFT process provides 46 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,541 squadron commanders with virtual tokens 47 00:01:42,541 --> 00:01:44,263 that they can allocate to fund 48 00:01:44,263 --> 00:01:46,208 promising initiatives . This token 49 00:01:46,208 --> 00:01:48,152 based system gives commanders more 50 00:01:48,152 --> 00:01:50,374 control and enables them to collaborate 51 00:01:50,374 --> 00:01:52,541 with other units and poor resources to 52 00:01:52,541 --> 00:01:54,319 support larger , more impactful 53 00:01:54,319 --> 00:01:56,430 projects that you look around the air 54 00:01:56,430 --> 00:01:58,319 force . I'm staff Sergeant Milton 55 00:01:58,319 --> 00:01:57,919 Hamilton .