The new Air Force Chief of Staff says he believes common sense, cooperation, and less confrontation will win arguments for the Air Force as it recasts its role for the near- and long-term future. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, in a late December interview with Air Force Magazine, waved off the notion of refighting battles to win the service executive agency for unmanned aircraft or for retrieving that status in space systems. He conceded that the Air Force may have to live with a smaller force structure, that it probably has enough C-17s, and that the Army has a legitimate need for some fixed wing transports. However, Schwartz also said that the Air Force needs more than the currently approved number of F-22 fighters, that the Pentagon should accelerate the current planned F-35 fighter production rate, and that the Air Force can and must build a new long-range bomber soon.
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机译：新任空军参谋长说，他认为常识，合作和较少的对抗将赢得空军的支持，因为空军在近期和长期的未来都将重新定位。诺顿·施瓦茨（Norton A. Schwartz）将军在12月底接受《空军杂志》（Air Force Magazine）采访时，放弃了重新战斗以赢得无人驾驶飞机服务执行机构或在太空系统中获得这一地位的战斗。他承认空军可能不得不使用较小的部队结构，它可能拥有足够的C-17，并且陆军对某些固定翼运输机有合理的需求。但是，施瓦茨还说，空军需要的军机数量超过了目前批准的F-22战斗机的数量，五角大楼应该加快目前计划的F-35战斗机的生产速度，并且空军可以而且必须建造新的远程轰炸机。
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