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General james holmes, commander of air combat command, discussed the future of the u. S. Air force during a virtual conversation with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. This is an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Warm welcome to all of you. Im dave deptula, dean of the institute for Aerospace Studies and would like that thank air combat command general commander james holmes for joining us today. After so many years of service and in key positions throughout our air force, needs little introduction. Simply summarize by saying hes excelled in operational, staff and academic purchase suits at every level, and as a result, hes brought an unsurpassed degree of competence to his current job. As commander of air combat command hes responsible for organizing, training and equipping air force aerospace cyber ....
Hes young, hes charismatic. He had platformed on a number of promises. So this should give a little bit of context where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through some of these overview issues. Now, the 60s, as much promise as there was, we also know there are a lot of issues, particularly racial issues. But there was a period of great change, warfare, and for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who didnt get access to that. And so there are a number of individuals and groups fighting for that access. If you look at the 1960s, we had the 1967 detroit riots, a series of political assassinations, jfk in 1963. In 1968, he also have the assassinations of Martin Luther king jr. And bobby kennedy. So there is also a lot of fear about what this change means and a lot of people are reacting to that. Focussing in on jfk because were going to be t ....
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay, folks. Okay, folks. If we could, could you grab your seat. Grab a cup of coffee. If i could get my panelists to sit down, well get started. Quite a crowd. Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our August Mitchell institute forum. Today our subject is the next Generation Air dominance for engad and for those of you i havent had the good fortune to meet yet, im the dean of Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power studies and were pleased to have with us the president of the air force association Lieutenant General bruce wright. Amongst a whole set of distinguished visitors, to include general mike lowe, former vice chief of staff ....
Our August Mitchell institute forum. Today our subject is the next Generation Air dominance. For those of you i havent met, im the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power studies. We are plead we are pleased to have the president of the air force association, general bruce right, amongst a set of distinguished visitors to include general mike low, force former vice chair of air force staff. We have an expert panel to discuss this topic. Say again . [laughter] [inaudible] they are all youngsters, sir. Forlanned this Panel Feedback and discussion. I will offer remarks to set the stage for the discussion. Ability tority, the deny enemy forces access to key portions of the sky, is today a bedrock m ....