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Webinar: A Conversation with Lt. General Cotton

Name: Scott Bray - Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence
Start: 12/07/2021
End: 12/07/2021
Location: Capital City Club

When
08/06/2020
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Webinar
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Lieutenant General Anthony J. Cotton will present a webinar on:

"AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND'S ROLE IN THE CHANGING STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE: MAINTAINING OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE IN GLOBAL POWER COMPETITION"

About the Webinar

Join Lieutenant General Anthony Cotton, Deputy Commander for Air Force Global Strike Command, for a discussion about the nation’s readiness to face changing threats.

About Lieutenant General Cotton

Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton is the Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command and Deputy Commander, Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. AFGSC provides strategic deterrence, global strike capability, and combat support to STRATCOM and other geographic combatant commands. The command is comprised of more than 33,700 professionals operating at two numbered air forces; 11 active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve wings; and the Joint Global Strike Operations Center and the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Center. Weapons systems assigned to AFGSC include all Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and bomber aircraft, UH-1N helicopters, E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft, and the Air Force NC3 weapons system.

Lt. Gen. Cotton entered the Air Force through the ROTC program in 1986 where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels. He served as the Deputy Director of the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, as the Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. He was also the Vice Commander and Commander of the 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Montana, and the Commander of the 45th Space Wing and Director of the Eastern Range, Patrick AFB, Florida. Prior to his current assignment, Lt. Gen. Cotton served as the Commander and President, Air University, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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