Watch: Fighting and Winning in Space, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 1, 2020
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Watch a panel of distinguished space leaders—retired Gen. Joseph W. Ashy, retired Gen. Kevin Chilton, retired Gen. Ralph E. “Ed” Eberhart, retired Gen. Howell M. Estes III, retired Gen. Charles A. Horner, and retired Gen. Richard B. Myers—discuss fighting and winning in space during AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

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