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Dr. William LaPlante talks to attendees about Air Force acquisition during the 2014 Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16, 2014, in Washington D.C. LaPlante is the assistant secretary of Air Force acquisition. He directs more than $35 billion annual investments that include major programs like the KC-46 Pegasus, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II, C-17 Globemaster, Space acquisitions, munitions, as well as capability areas such as information technology and command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C4ISR, systems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)