Senior Airman Caden A. Soper, 2022 Outstanding Airman of the Year representing Pacific Air Forces, listens to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., give the State of the Air Force address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2022. Soper was recognized as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year based upon superior leadership, job performance and personal achievement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Z. Erwin)