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Mitchell Hour: March 20, 2013
Topic: Air Force QDR
Presenter: Maj. Gen. Steven L. Kwast
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: AFA Headquarters, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209

AFA's Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies invites you to a Mitchell Hour on March 20, as we host Maj. Gen. Steven L. Kwast—Director, Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review—to discuss his team’s vision for what Air Force airpower means within the future national security construct. As he recently explained: “The QDR is about us fulfilling our mission, and should be about the future and what we want to become."

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Mitchell Hour: March 27, 2013
Topic: Securing Best Value: A New Approach Regarding Planning, Programming, and Acquisition
Presenter: Maj. Gen. Robert C. Kane
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: AFA Headquarters, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209

AFA's Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies invites you to a Mitchell Hour on March 27, as we host Maj. Gen. Robert C. Kane—Director, Global Reach Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition—to offer his personal insights and perspective on ways to better align planning, budgeting, and acquisition processes to get the "best bang for the USAF buck." Kane will suggest an alternate path forward, one that would integrate and improve the connection between these processes using a value-driven approach highlighting the need to understand what we value and link it with strategic vision, identify expanded trade-space and decision-space, and transparently market our future plans.

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Parking and Transportation
Free parking is available in the AFA garage.
Closest Metro Station is the Rosslyn Metro (Orange and Blue Lines)

For additional information, Contact: Rachel Zimmerman r.zimmerman@afa.org

For more information regarding the Mitchell Institute, visit: http://www.afa.org/Mitchell/


The General Billy Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, founded by the Air Force Association, seeks to honor the leadership of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell through timely and high quality research and writing on airpower and its role in the security of this nation.


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