Space Command leader calls for innovation amid budget cuts

Innovation and cost-saving ideas will help ensure the Air Force keeps its warfighting readiness despite significant, ongoing budget cuts, the commander of Air Force Space Command recently told a Tinker audience.

General William L. Shelton spoke April 15 in Bldg. 4029 to about 90 members of the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group.

“If there ever was a time for innovation, this is it,” General Shelton said. “That’s the only way we’re going to get through these next few years of declining budgets. We have to think our way through this.
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