Staff Maj. Gen. Pilot Abdullah Al Hashmi, UAE Air Force, assistant undersecretary for support services at the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence and Dubai Air Show executive director, discusses the value of the Dubai International Air Chiefs conference, lessons learned from Afghanistan, Libya, counter-ISIS and Yemen operations, need for the F-35 Lightning II fighter and why the UAE does not constitute a threat to Israel or vice versa during a Nov. 11, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 DIAC. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is in partnership with DIAC organizer SEGMA and is sponsored by FLIR Systems.
