Watch: Preserving Our Competitive Advantage: A Vision for 2030, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

Video: Air Force Association on YouTube

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Matthew P. Donovan shared his vision for preserving the U.S. military’s competitive advantage with Air Force Association Chairman and former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald Murray at AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

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