Lt. Gen. L. Scott “Catfish” Rice, USAF. the director of the Air National Guard, discusses his future force, preserving capabilities and units, recruiting and retention and fielding new aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II fighter that was just delivered to the Vermont Air National Guard with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.