Air Warfare Symposium 2016

Feb. 22, 2016

The Air Force Association’s annual Air Warfare Symposium runs Feb. 24-26, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. It features a range of speakers, including Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, leaders of the service’s major commands, and other aviation and aerospace experts. The theme of this year’s conference is “global precision attack.” For up-to-date information from AFA about the conference, click here. Track the conference on social media by following us on Twitter and Facebook or by using #AWS16.

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