Watch: An Effects-Based Approach to Force Structure Decisions from AFA’s vASC 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

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Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, moderates this panel discussion featuring Lt. Gen. David S. Nahom, Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, Lt. Gen. William J. Liquori Jr., and William LaPlante. The panel was part of AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

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