Watch: Strategic Airlift, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 2, 2020

Video: Air Force Association on YouTube

Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost and UPS’ Captain Houston Mills discuss the global challenge of strategic airlift at the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The panel discussion was moderated by AFA’s Executive Vice President retired Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Raaberg.

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