China continues to expand and modernize its military capabilities while also lengthening its geo-political and economic reach. Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has brought large-scale warfare–back to Europe. The threats are well understood and tangible. The firms and national programs I’ve seen on this trip impress me, and it gives me confidence that we can work collaboratively across our department and with our allies and partners to prepare for tomorrow's fight, today,” he said. “We must work together to modernize our capabilities. "As we work together to accelerate change, we want to tap into the intellectual capital and creativity industry brings to the table, and this includes our international partners. "When we say one team, one fight - industry and our international partners are part of that team," Kendall said. Kendall also attended the Farnborough Air Show, one of the most significant events in the air and space industry. "In a short span of time, we met many allies, reinforced our ties and exchanged ideas on future collaboration in support of security and stability." "These forums are valuable and serve a crucial need to bring together like-minded nations and their militaries who honor common values," Kendall said. In addition to drawing an estimated 170,000 spectators, this year's edition also included a celebration of the U.S. Kendall linked up with Brown and Raymond at the 2022 Royal International Air Tattoo, which is considered the world's largest military air show and a long-running event in Britain. Luckily, we're not starting from scratch on this," Raymond said. We are stronger together, and we see clear advantages when we plan, train, and operate as a team. "Therefore, we must be coalition-minded from the start. "And because space underpins the Joint Force, threats against space also threaten our ability to conduct operations in the air, on land, and at sea. "We recognize the character of war has changed, with growing kinetic and non-kinetic threats across multiple domains, and now explicitly against assets in space," Raymond said. and allies are accelerating partnerships and cooperation in that critical domain. In prepared remarks to the same conference on the same day, Raymond highlighted similar themes while also focusing on the importance of space and how the U.S. "And, in order to maintain that leading edge, we need to take an integrated approach in how we manage our people, policies and processes," he said at the conference, which is a high-profile gathering of service chiefs and senior defense policy makes from around the world. "Our next global threat may achieve parity, technologically, economically, or militarily, but the leading edge we have is each other," Brown said July 14 in a keynote at the 2022 Global Air & Space Chiefs' Conference in London.
John “Jay” Raymond each stressed that, to confront and deter China, Russia and other threats, a seamless and multi-domain collaboration with international allies and partners is essential.
CQ Brown, Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen.
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In a series of engagements that spanned Italy, Germany and several in the United Kingdom, Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. The senior-most civilian and military leaders of the Air and Space Forces crisscrossed Europe the week of July 10 carrying separate itineraries but a singular message - the importance of tight relationships with allies and partners, and the need to forge seamless "day-zero interoperability" that is "integrated by design."