Watch: Base of the Future, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 1, 2020

Watch Brig. Gen. William H. Kale III, Brig. Gen. Patrice Melancon, retired Col. Lance H. Spencer, and Eric Silagy discuss “The Base of the Future” during a panel held during the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. AFA Executive Vice President and retired Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Raaberg moderated.

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