Virtual Orlando, Part 2

Feb. 22, 2013

Follow Air Force Magazine on Twitter (@AirForceMag) on Friday for live coverage of AFA’s 2013 Air Warfare Symposium (hashtag #AWS2013) in Orlando, Fla. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will give his state-of-the-force address at 8:35 a.m. East Coast time, followed by Maj. Gen. Steven Kwast discussing the Quadrennial Defense Review. Friday’s two panels include former Air Force Secretaries Whit Peters, Jim Roche, and Mike Wynne discussing the value of an independent Air Force, and retired Gen. Chuck Wald, retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, retired Lt. Gen. Lawrence Stutzriem, and Lani Kass talking about the absence of blue suits at the combatant command level. Follow the Daily Report on Friday for more in-depth coverage of the symposium’s final day.

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