The Air Force Association’s annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference and Technology Exposition runs Sept. 19-21, 2016, in National Harbor, Md. It features a range of speakers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, as well as many industry leaders. Topics range from acquisition to the enlisted force, all focused around aerospace, cyberspace, and the US Air Force. For up-to-date information from AFA about the conference, click here. Track the conference on social media by following us on Twitter and Facebook or by using #ASC16.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…