Video – Briefing by AFSOC Commander – Oct 2018

LTG Brad Webb provides a briefing about AFSOC at the New York Foreign Press Center on Oct 17, 2018.

LTG Brad Webb, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, provides a briefing about AFSOC at the New York Foreign Press Center of the U.S. State Department located at the United Nations plaza on Oct 17, 2018. During the 28 minute video he provides a quick brief about his command as well as fields questions on his AF special operations units and personnel.

Topics Covered:

  • Combat Aviation Advising (CAA)
  • Battlefield Airmen
  • Light Attack Aircraft program
  • Great power competition
  • Iranian influence
  • National Security / Defense Strategy
  • Increasing AFSOC presence in Pacific
  • Motivation of AF special operators
  • AFSOC OPTEMPO

Watch the video: (starts at the 1:00 mark)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7GVoGSoXyA

Read the transcript:
https://fpc.state.gov/10/286754.htm

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Photo: LTG Brad Webb, taken from video, U.S. Department of State, video by Jonathan Wyett, October 17, 2018.


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