Deputy Director of the Joint Strike Fighter Program to Speak at AFA Air Force Breakfast Series

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Jul 13, 2011, 12:30 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association is pleased to announce Major General C.D. Moore II, Deputy Director for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office, as the guest speaker for the July session of the AFA Air Force Breakfast Program, to be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel.

The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office is the Department of Defense's agency responsible for developing and acquiring the F-35A/B/C, the next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and many allied nations.

Gen. Moore is a U.S. Air Force officer and command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in 30 types of aircraft. He has served as a T-38 instructor pilot, an operational F-15 pilot and as an experimental test pilot. He also served as commander of the first F-22 squadron as well as a group commander at Eglin AFB, Fla., Materiel Wing Director of the F-16 System Program Office, and Vice Commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center.

Previous assignments include Chief of Air Operations for Multi-National Forces-Iraq in 2004 and Director of Special Programs for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in 2008.

The AFA Air Force Breakfast Program is a monthly series that provides a venue for senior Air Force and Department of Defense leaders to communicate directly with the public and the press. Past speakers include Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Gen. Gary L. North, Commander of Pacific Air Forces, and Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, Commander of Air Force Materiel Command.

Please register online at http://afajulybreakfast2011.eventbrite.com. For additional information, contact Sarah Piggott at [email protected].

The Sheraton Crystal City Hotel is located at 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington VA, 22202.

The AFA is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation. AFA has more than 200 chapters nationally and internationally representing 125,000 members. Visit www.AFA.org.

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