Watch Webinar: Build It and They Will Come: A U.S. Strategy for Integrating Middle East Air and Missile Defenses
The threat of Iran’s expanding missile and drone arsenals and the promise of the Abraham Accords have created new opportunities for Washington to integrate the air defense capabilities of its Middle East partners into a more coherent and effective regionwide network.
Watch JINSA’s webinar marking the release of a new report on Middle Eastern air defense authored by a high-level task force of retired U.S. flag officers, “Build It and They Will Come: A U.S. Strategy for Integrating Middle East Air and Missile Defenses.”
Keynote Speakers:
Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA) U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman has represented Virginia’s First Congressional District since 2007. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee as Vice Chairman of the full Committee and Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee which oversees all tactical air and missile defense programs and accounts at the Department of Defense. In addition, as Co-Chair of the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus, he is a staunch advocate for a robust Naval fleet and a healthy domestic shipbuilding industry. |
Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL) U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider represents Illinois’s 10th District, where he is serving his fifth term. He is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He believes our nation and world benefit when the United States exercises leadership and engages with the international community. A longtime proponent of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship, and co-chair of the House Abraham Accords Caucus, Brad consistently leads on efforts in Congress to promote cooperation on security and counter Iran’s nefarious influence. |
Panelists:
General Gilmary Michael Hostage III, USAF (ret.) Gen. Mike Hostage served as the commander of Air Combat Command. As the commander, he was responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense. He was a participant of JINSA’s 2017 Generals and Admirals Program, and a member of JINSA Gemunder Center’s U.S.-Israel Security and Hybrid Warfare policy projects. |
Lt Gen Joseph Guastella, USAF (ret.) Lt Gen Joseph T. Guastella Jr., USAF (ret.) served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. In support of the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force, he led the development and implementation of policy directly supporting global operations, force management, weather, training and readiness across air, space and cyber fields. Previously, Lt. Gen. Guastella was the Commander, Air Forces Central Command, Al Udeid AB, Qatar. |
LTG David Mann, USA (ret.) LTG David Mann, USA (ret.) served as the commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense. Most recently, he served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox, KY. Before that he served as the Commanding General, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, a theater level air and missile defense (AMD) organization responsible for executing global operations in support of the Combatant Commands (COCOMs). |
Lt Gen Henry Obering, USAF (ret.) Lt. Gen. Henry A. “Trey” Obering, USAF (ret.) served as the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. As Director, General Obering was the Acquisition Executive for all ballistic missile defense systems and programs. Prior to his assignment at MDA, the general planned and programmed 68 joint, Air Force and international programs with a $28 billion budget as Mission Area Director for Information Dominance on the Air Staff. Lt Gen Obering is a member of JINSA Gemunder Center’s U.S.-Israel Security policy project. |
Moderator:
David Sanger David E. Sanger is a White House and national security correspondent, and a senior writer. In a 38-year reporting career for The New York Times, he has been on three teams that have won Pulitzer Prizes, most recently in 2017 for international reporting. His newest book, “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age,” and an HBO documentary by the same title, examine the emergence of cyberconflict and its role in the changing nature of global power. |
The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) is dedicated to educating Congressional, military and civilian national security decision-makers on American defense and strategic interests, primarily in the Middle East, the cornerstone of which is a robust U.S.-Israeli security cooperation. JINSA believes that a strong American military and national security posture is the best guarantor of peace and the survival of our values and civilization.