Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. began his tenure as the service's top officer with an order and a warning: Accelerate change-or lose (ACOL). One year later, Brown sees a modicum of progress and a tightening timeline to achieve that imperative. Airmen and commanders must break from the status quo, as must lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been unwilling to let the Air Force retire older aircraft. "I think FY23 is the year. If we, as a department and as an Air Force, don't make a big shift in '23, then I'm concerned," Brown said in an interview. "That's the time we've got to make a shift." The Air Force faces mounting bills for a host of new aircraft: KC-46 tankers, F-35A, and F-15EX fighters, T-7A trainers, the B-21 bomber, the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft, and an all-new nuclear ballistic missile, all at once. Brown needs bill payers and he and others are looking to jettison aircraft that are costly to maintain and that deliver less than optimum utility. Lawmakers, however, are hesitant.
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机译：空军职员总参谋部Charles Q. Brown Jr.以订单和警告为服务的高级官员开始他的任期和警告：加速变更 - 或丢失（ACOL）。一年后，布朗看到了进步的莫迪姆和收紧时间表，以实现这一目标。飞行员和指挥官必须从现状中断，就必须在国会大厦的立法者一直不愿意让空军退休旧飞机。 “我认为FY23是那一年。如果我们作为一个部门和作为空军，不要在'23中进行大转移，然后我担心，”布朗在面试中说。 “那是我们必须转移的时间。”空军面向一系列新飞机的安装票据：KC-46罐车，F-35A和F-15EX战士，T-7A训练师，B-21轰炸机，下一代空气优势（NGAD）飞机，和全新的核弹道导弹，一下子。布朗需要账单付款人，他和他人正在寻求昂贵的飞机，以维持昂贵，而且提供少于最佳效用。然而，立法者犹豫不决。
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