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DATE: September 2, 2025 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am ET

It’s no secret that China is America’s national security pacing threat. Join us to learn more about airpower and the Pacific theater with Gen. Kevin Schneider, Commander, Pacific Air Forces; and Air Component Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. He and his team are responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports more than 46,000 Airmen serving principally in Japan, South Korea, Hawaii, Alaska and Guam. The challenges he and his team work every day are hugely consequential.

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Gen Kevin B. SchneiderCommander, Pacific Air Forces; Air Component Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

Lt Gen David A. Deptula USAF (Ret.)Dean, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

Media Coverage

• Top USAF General In Pacific “Not Deterred” By Drones, Missiles To Be Showcased At Huge Chinese Parade
  The War Zone
• Pacific Air Forces commander says USA ‘not deterred’ by China’s largest ever military hardware display
  Flight Global
• PACAF Commander: North Korea Prime Small UAS Threat in Indo-Pacific
  Defense Daily
• What PACAF Boss Schneider Took Away from the Massive REFORPAC Exercise
  Air & Space Forces Magazine
• PACAF commander: Air Force needs to ‘improve,’ staff up C2 capabilities
  Breaking Defense