2nd Air Force commander wins AFA award Published Oct. 3, 2007 By Airman David Salanitri 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The commander of 2nd Air Force recently received the Sen. Ted Stevens Leadership Award at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C. In presenting the award to Maj. Gen. Michael Gould, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley praised Gen. Gould for leading 2nd Air Force's efforts to prepare warfighters. "The criteria is simple, outstanding leadership while serving as a numbered Air Force commander," said General Moseley. "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, which prepares Airmen for tasks traditionally performed by members of the U.S. Army. "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," General Moseley said. "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," General Gould said. The Air Force has sent more than 9,720 Airmen to ILO training since Oct. 1, 2006.