USAF General Jumper discusses transformation

Posted on: Nov. 3rd, 2004 || Source: af.mil | E-mail Article | Print Article

by Senior Airman Deanna McClay
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

11/2/2004 - DALLAS (AFPN) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper addressed thousands of troops as the final keynote speaker at the Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium here Oct. 30.

The general spoke on how far the Air Force has evolved in recent years and what he sees for the future.

“We, as Airmen, face what can only be described as a distinctly different future from anything that we’ve experienced before,” he said. “Some call this transformation, but what we are doing is changing ourselves in response to what we see as ‘facts of life.’”

Many of these changes have “been happening for some time,” he said.

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