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

Oct. 1, 2020

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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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