more than 650 combat hours in Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Allied Force and Enduring Freedom, and was a military aide to Vice President Al Gore between 1997 and 1999, according to his official Air Force biography.

Despite serving in a number of prestigious and high-profile positions, he has not held any space-specific positions during his tenure.

His leadership style is reason enough to give him a second chance, one source said. Kwast started "a real space education" for officers in the service, according to the source, who worked with Kwast in recent years under AETC.

Before AETC, Kwast was the president of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, between 2014 and 2017.

"He sponsored cutting-edge research, he established research task forces, [and] sponsored wargames," the source said onAdams was inspirational in transforming skateboarding helping to move it from empty garden swimming pools to international competition

Jay Adams, the colourful rebel who helped transform skateboarding from a simple street pastime into one of the world's most spectacular sports with hair-raising stunts and an outsized personality to match, has died of a heart attack.

Adams, 53, died on Thursday on a surfing holiday in Mexico with his wife and friends, his manager Susan Ferris said.

With his flowing, sun-bleached hair, explosive skating style and ebullient personality, Adams became one of the sport's most iconic figures during the years it moved from empty garden swimming pools to international competition.

"He was like the original viral spore that created skateboarding," fellow skateboarder and documentary film-maker Stacy Peralta said. "He was it."

But at the