Watch: The Right Mix of Stand-in/Stand-off Capability, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

Video: Air Force Association on YouTube

This video captures the panel entitled “The Right Mix of Stand-in/Stand-off Capability: A Mitchell Institute Session with Gen. Timothy M. Ray, Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, and Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian that was held during the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

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