The Air Force Association’s (AFA) virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium, themed, “Accelerate and Innovate: Actualizing the Need for Dominant Air and Space Forces,” was held February 24-26. it drew more than 5,000 registrants, 21 mission domain hub categories, 130 distinguished speakers, and 39 panels and presentations. The following are the panels hosted and moderated by the Mitchell Institute.
Agenda
Emerging Technology and the High-End Fight: Insights from the Latest War Games
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - Virtual Panel
- Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
Moderator, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Lt Gen S. Clinton Hinote
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration and Requirements - Lt Gen William J. Liquori, Jr.
Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis
Aerospace Power in the Central Command Area of Responsibility
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - Virtual Panel
- Maj Gen Larry Stutzriem, USAF (Ret.)
Moderator, Director of Research, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Maj Gen DeAnna M. Burt
Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command and Deputy Commander, Space Operations Command - Lt Gen Gregory M. Guillot
Commander, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central)
Defending the Homeland
Friday, February 26, 2021 - Virtual Panel
- Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
Moderator, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Gen James H. Dickinson
Commander, United States Space Command - Gen Glen D. VanHerck
Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command
Nuclear Deterrence and the Future of the Triad
Friday, February 26, 2021 - Virtual Panel
- Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
Moderator, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Gen Tim Ray, USAF (Ret.)
Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and Commander, Air Forces Strategic – Air, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) - Lt Gen Thomas A. Bussiere
Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) - Gen John E. Hyten
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Training for War
Friday, February 26, 2021 - Virtual Panel
- Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
Moderator, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Maj Gen Charles S. Corcoran, USAF (Ret.)
Commander, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center - Maj Gen Craig D. Wills
Commander, 19th Air Force
Mosaic Warfare: Combat Adaptation through Mission Integration
Friday, February 26, 2021 - Virtual Panel
- Heather Penney
Moderator, Senior Resident Fellow, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies - Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director of Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute - Dr. Timothy P. Grayson
Director, Strategic Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency