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The Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies
Invites You to Attend the
May 4th Mitchell Hour
Guest Speakers
Ken Allen and Kevin Pollpeter
The Chinese PLA Air Force and space program
The Mitchell institute invites you to a Mitchell Hour with Kevin Pollpeter, Deputy Director of the East Asia Program at Defense Group Inc, and Ken Allen, Senior China Analyst at Defense Group Inc. They will discuss the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force and space program.
Ken Allen is a retired USAF officer (1971-1992) with over 30 years of analytic work on China. He currently works at Defense Group Inc. (DGI) as a Senior China Analyst, focusing on Chinese military issues with a focus on the PLA Air Force. He previously served as an enlisted Chinese linguist at NSA and in Taiwan, and as a Russian linguist in Berlin. After OTS, he served in Japan (5th Air Force), PACAF Headquarters, China, and as an instructor in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Attaché School. While assigned as the Assistant Air Attaché to China from 1987-1989, he received the Director of Central Intelligence’s Outstanding Collector Award and was inducted into DIA’s Defense Attaché Hall of Fame in 1997. He holds a BA from the University of California at Davis and the University of Maryland, and an MA in International Relations from Boston University. He is the author of multiple books, studies, articles and monographs on Chinese military affairs.
Kevin Pollpeter is the Deputy Director of the East Asia Program at Defense Group Inc. He is widely published on China national security issues, with a focus on China’s space program. His recent publications include, “Upward and Onward: Technological Innovation and Organizational Change in China's Space Industry” in the Journal of Strategic Studies (June 2011) and "China's Space Doctrine"in Andrew S. Erickson and Lyle J. Goldstein, eds., Chinese Aerospace Power (Naval Institute Press, 2011). A Chinese linguist, he holds an M.A. in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Friday, May 4, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Location
Air Force Association Board Room, 4th Floor
1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209
Parking and Transportation
Free parking is available in the AFA garage.
Closest Metro Station is the Rosslyn Metro (Orange and Blue Lines)
Attire
Military: Uniform of the day
Civilian: Business Attire
For additional information,
Contact: Rachel Zimmerman
r.zimmerman@afa.org
For more information regarding the Mitchell Institute,
visit: http://www.afa.org/Mitchell/
This is an open invitation from the Air Force Association – please feel free to widely disseminate.
When & Where
1501 Lee Highway
4th Floor
Arlington,
22209
Friday, May 4, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM (EDT)
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