Lt. Gen. Mark “Hit Me” Nowland, USAF, the US Air Force’s chief of staff for operations, discusses the threat picture facing the United States, Chinese and Russian capabilities of concern, the service’s force mix, fostering innovation and more in a Jan. 4, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted following an event hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Washington.