Department of the Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Sept. 14 the Air Force and Space Force must confront and defeat rapidly changing, AI-enabled threats while navigating a budget process built for a different pace of warfare.
The department’s mission, Meink said in a closely watched keynote address at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference , is to “defend the homeland, deter all adversaries, and … if necessary … win in combat.”
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