Watch: Lafayette Escadrille, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 2, 2020

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Darroch Greer and Paul Grenshaw—co-writers, directors, and producers of “The Lafayette Escadrille”—discuss their film with Douglas A. Birkey, executive director of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, during a session from AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

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