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Confirmed Speakers
MICHAEL B. DONLEY
Secretary of the Air Force
Mr. Michael B. Donley is the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is the 22nd Secretary and was confirmed Oct. 2, 2008. He is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping and providing for the welfare of its more than 334,000 men and women on active duty, 176,000 members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, 170,000 civilians, and their families. He also oversees the Air Force's annual budget of more than $110 billion.
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C. ROBERT "BOB" KEHLER
Commander, Air Force Space Command
Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler is Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. He is responsible for organizing, equipping, training and maintaining mission-ready space, cyberspace and missile forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Strategic Command and other combatant commands around the world. General Kehler oversees Air Force network operations; manages a global network of satellite command and control, communications, missile warning and launch facilities; ensures the combat readiness of America's intercontinental ballistic missile force; and is responsible for space system development and acquisition. He leads more than 43,000 professionals, assigned to 86 locations worldwide and deployed to an additional 35 global locations.
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GENERAL KEVIN P. CHILTON
Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
Gen. Kevin P. Chilton is Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. He is responsible for the global command and control of U.S. strategic forces to meet decisive national security objectives. USSTRATCOM provides a broad range of strategic capabilities and options for the President and Secretary of Defense. Command mission areas include full-spectrum global strike; space operations; computer network operations; Department of Defense information operations; strategic warning; integrated missile defense; global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; combating weapons of mass destruction; and specialized expertise to the joint warfighter.
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GENERAL GARY L. NORTH
Commander, Pacific Air Forces
Gen. Gary L. North is Commander, Pacific Air Forces; Air Component Commander for U.S. Pacific Command; and Executive Director, Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. PACAF is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 45,000 Air Force people serving principally in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Korea and Japan.
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN T. "TOM" SHERIDAN
Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center
Lt. Gen. John T. "Tom" Sheridan is the Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. He is responsible for managing the research, design, development, acquisition, and sustainment of space and missile systems, launch, command and control, and operational satellite systems. He is responsible for more than 6,000 employees nationwide and an annual total budget in excess of $10 billion. General Sheridan is the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space and is responsible for the Air Force Satellite Control Network; space launch and range programs; the Space-Based Infrared System Program; military satellite communication programs; the Global Positioning System; intercontinental ballistic missile programs; Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; the space superiority system programs and other emerging transformational space programs.
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM L. SHELTON
Assistant Vice Chief of Staff
Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton is Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Force Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He oversees the administration and organization of the Air Staff, which develops policies, plans and programs; establishes requirements; and provides resources to support the Air Force's mission. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Air Force Council, and is the Air Force accreditation official for the international Corps of Air Attachés.
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL FRANK G. KLOTZ
Commander, Global Strike Command
Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz is Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. As this newly activated command assumes control of our nation's Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, B-2 and B-52 bombers, General Klotz will be responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining these capabilities. Air Force Global Strike Command will provide combatant commanders with combat ready forces to conduct the strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike operations.
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MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD E. WEBBER
Commander, 24th Air Force
Maj. Gen. Richard E. Webber is the Commander, 24th Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. General Webber is responsible for the Air Force's newest numbered air force which will provide combatant commanders with trained and ready cyber forces to plan and conduct cyberspace operations, and to extend, maintain and defend the Air Force portion of the global information grid. The general directs the activities of two wings and two combat communications groups, located at Lackland AFB, Tinker AFB, Okla., and Robins AFB, Ga.
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JONNA DOOLITTLE HOPPES
Author
Jonna Doolittle Hoppes is the author of Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle—Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero and Just Doing My Job: Stories of Service from World War II. The granddaughter of General Jimmy Doolittle, she works at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, and lives in Newport Beach, California.
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