TAKE A MOMENT AND REFLECT ON THAT YOU THINK IT MEANS TO BE AN AIRMAN TODAY.  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TEN STATEMENTS?  IF YOU AGREE WITH THESE STATEMENTS, YOU'LL LIKE WHERE I AM LEADING OUR AIR FORCE.  YOU'LL APPRECIATE THE RENEWED EMPHASIS ON OUR WARFIGHTING HERITAGE AND MY CONSTANT HIGHLIGHTING OF THE MANY ROLES AIRMEN PLAY IN COMBAT TODAY.  YOU'LL UNDERSTAND HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST TREASURED ASSET - OUR AIRMEN - WHILE WE RE-CAPITALIZE AND MODERNIZE OUR AGING AIR AND SPACE INVENTORIES NOW TO ENSURE OUR FUTURE COMBAT CAPABILITY.  AND YOU'LL APPRECIATE OUR EFFORTS TO DEEPEN AND BROADEN OUR AIRMEN'S WARFIGHTING ETHOS.

1.  OUR MISSION IS TO FLY, FIGHT AND WIN IN THREE WARFIGHTING DOMAINS:  AIR, SPACE AND CYBERSPACE.

2.  WE ARE A SEAMLESS TOTAL FORCE COMPOSED OF ACTIVE DUTY, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, AIR FORCE RESERVE, AND AIR FORCE CIVILIANS.

3.  BEING AN "AMERICAN AIRMAN" HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A PERSON'S RANK, AFSC, OR UNIFORM OF THE DAY.

4.  AMERICAN AIRMEN LIVE BY THE CORE VALUES OF INTEGRITY, SERVICE, AND EXCELLENCE.

5.  AMERICAN AIRMEN ARE WARRIORS WHO PLAY DECISIVE ROLES IN DEFENDING OUR NATION, ITS IDEALS AND INTERESTS.

6.  AMERICAN AIRMEN ARE DISCIPLINED, AGILE, COMBAT-FOCUSED, AND EXPEDITIONARY.

7.  AMERICAN AIRMEN ARE HEIRS TO A RICH HERITAGE OF VALOR, HONOR AND SACRIFICE DISPLAYED AT PLACES LIKE ST. MIHIEL, REGENSBURG-SCHWEINFURT, PLOESTI, THE BERLIN AIRLIFT CORRIDOR, MiG ALLEY, THE THAN HOA BRIDGE, THE HANOI HILTON, BELGRADE, ROBERTS' RIDGE AND BAGHDAD.

8.  AMERICAN AIR POWER HISTORY IS BUILT ON THE HEROIC FOUNDATION OF SUCH LEGENDARY UNITS AS THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE, EAGLE SQUADRONS, FLYING TIGERS, DOOLITTLE RAIDERS, TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, JOLLY GREEN GIANTS AND AIR COMMANDOS.

9.  AMERICAN AIRMEN WANT AND DESERVE TO BE THE BEST TRAINED FORCE IN THE WORLD, SCHOOLED FROM BASIC TRAINING THROUGH EVERY LEVEL OF PME ON THE VALUE OF AIR, SPACE AND CYBERSPACE POWER.

10.  AMERICAN AIRMEN CAN ARTICULATE AND SHOULD DEFEND THE CRITICALITY OF THE AIR FORCE TO TODAY'S AND TOMORROW'S FIGHTS.

                                                                T. MICHAEL MOSELEY
                                                    GENERAL, USAF
                                                                18TH CHIEF OF STAFF