2nd Air Force commander wins AFA award

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  • By Airman David Salanitri
  • 81st Training Wing Public Affairs
Maj. Gen. Mike Gould, 2nd Air Force commander, received the Sen. Ted Stevens Award Sept. 26 at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C. 

"The criteria is simple, outstanding leadership while serving as a numbered Air Force commander," said Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Air Force chief of staff. "General Gould's leadership has been instrumental in preparing our Airmen for the combat environment they'll face." General Gould has been leading the way for the Air Force's in-lieu-of training. ILO training prepares Airmen for tasks traditionally performed by Army personnel. 

"We're sending these Airmen to perform non-traditional roles, in many cases, like driving trucks and manning gun turrets for convoys, helping our Army brothers and sisters," said General Moseley. 

"Our vision has been to become more responsive to the warfighter - and thanks to great leadership at all levels, out in the training wings, groups, squadrons and detachments all over the world, we are moving rapidly toward achieving that vision," said General Gould. 

"What stands out about Second Air Force are the superb efforts of the headquarters staff to transform the numbered Air Force into an organization that now complies with the Air Force's command and control enabling construct model," he added. 

The Air Force has sent more than 9,720 Airmen to ILO training since Oct. 1, 2006. About 6,000 Airmen currently deployed have gone through the training.