General: Air Force Needs More Homeland Defense Exercises

By John Liang / July 11, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force needs to conduct more homeland security exercises to test its newly enhanced relationships with civilian agencies, Maj. Gen. Randall Schmidt told House lawmakers today. Schmidt, the Air Force's assistant deputy chief of staff for air and space operations, told members of the House Armed Services special oversight panel on terrorism that a recently concluded doctrine symposium focused on both homeland security and support to civilian agencies "with an eye toward ensuring that homeland security is embedded in...

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