AFRL Inspire 2023

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Brig. Gen. Scott Cain delivers his opening remarks to an in-person audience at the 2023 AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Oct. 26, 2023. Inspire speakers at the day’s event were unified in driving home the commander’s message “One AFRL Team, One Fight.” The program was the first Inspire event to occur under Cain’s leadership, as well as the first to take place in front of a live and in-person audience since the coronavirus pandemic. Cain credited AFRL “thought leaders” like those listed on the day’s speaker lineup as individuals who will affect future positive change for the Air Force. “My hope is that these pioneers — who are often quiet pioneers, who are going to affect and change the future in the next 20 years — are inspiring to you,” Cain said. “Really, what I hope is that all the people of AFRL are as inspiring to you as they are to me.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)