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  {
    "abstract": "Pleus joined the Air Force Association's webinar series to discuss the operating environment on the Korean Peninsula, including how the January 6 Capitol attack was perceived by regional allies and adversaries.",
    "audienceType": "Defense and policy community",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "2021-02-02",
    "eventName": "Air and Space Warfighters in Action",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "webinar",
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      "duration": "",
      "format": "livestream",
      "url": ""
    },
    "role": "Commander, Seventh Air Force; Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea",
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      "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/pleus-us-capitol-attack-reverberated-on-the-korean-peninsula/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "AFA \"Air and Space Warfighters in Action\" Webinar",
    "topic": "Alliance posture on the Korean Peninsula following the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol attack",
    "venue": "Air Force Association (virtual)",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "As commander, Pleus hosted this gathering of Seventh Air Force wing and unit leadership to align priorities across the command's Korea-based force structure.",
    "audienceType": "Seventh Air Force leadership",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "2022-03-24",
    "eventName": "Seventh Air Force Commander's Conference",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "Pyeongtaek",
      "country": "Republic of Korea",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "other",
    "recording": {
      "duration": "",
      "format": "other",
      "url": ""
    },
    "role": "Host / Commander, Seventh Air Force",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.7af.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2978814/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Seventh Air Force Commander's Conference",
    "topic": "Command-wide priorities and alignment across Seventh Air Force wings and units",
    "venue": "Osan Air Base",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "Pleus participated in this panel discussion on defending forward operating bases in the Indo-Pacific theater, drawing on his command experience in Korea.",
    "audienceType": "Defense and policy community",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "2023-03-08",
    "eventName": "",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "panel",
    "recording": {
      "duration": "",
      "format": "other",
      "url": ""
    },
    "role": "Panelist",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-leaders-better-defend-forward-bases/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Panel: What Air Force Leaders Are Considering to Better Defend Forward Bases",
    "topic": "Base defense in contested, forward-deployed environments",
    "venue": "",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "Pleus delivered extensive remarks at this symposium marking seven decades of the ROK-U.S. alliance, addressing the future of combined air operations and deterrence on the peninsula.",
    "audienceType": "Alliance and policy community",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "2023-06-29",
    "eventName": "Yonhap News Symposium",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "Republic of Korea",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "lecture",
    "recording": {
      "duration": "",
      "format": "other",
      "url": ""
    },
    "role": "Featured speaker / Commander, Seventh Air Force",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.dvidshub.net/news/448599/yonhap-news-symposium-highlights-70-years-rok-us-alliance-looks-future"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Yonhap News Symposium: 70 Years of the ROK-U.S. Alliance",
    "topic": "The future of combined defense cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States",
    "venue": "",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "An on-camera DVIDS video feature with Pleus discussing the history and heraldry of the Seventh Air Force patch and its significance to the command.",
    "audienceType": "General / military community",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "",
    "eventName": "Patches of PACAF",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "Republic of Korea",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "interview",
    "recording": {
      "duration": "",
      "format": "video",
      "url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/830650/patches-pacaf-07-16-seventh-air-force"
    },
    "role": "Commander, Seventh Air Force",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/830650/patches-pacaf-07-16-seventh-air-force"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Patches of PACAF 07/16: Seventh Air Force",
    "topic": "History and heraldry of the Seventh Air Force patch",
    "venue": "",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "Speaking in his role performing the duties of Vice Chief, Pleus explained the Air Force's rationale for a new program of unannounced unit readiness inspections, quoted extensively by defense press.",
    "audienceType": "Defense press and Air Force community",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "2026-01-29",
    "eventName": "",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "interview",
    "recording": {
      "duration": "",
      "format": "other",
      "url": ""
    },
    "role": "Director of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force (performing the duties of Vice Chief of Staff)",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-orders-no-notice-readiness-inspections/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Remarks on No-Notice Readiness Inspections",
    "topic": "Rationale for new no-notice unit readiness inspections across the Air Force",
    "venue": "",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "Pleus addressed a public forum on the structural challenges facing Air Force aircraft readiness and the service's near-term response, generating a direct-quote feature in Air & Space Forces Magazine.",
    "audienceType": "Defense press and Air Force community",
    "coSpeakers": [],
    "date": "2026-02-03",
    "eventName": "",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "talk",
    "recording": {
      "duration": "",
      "format": "other",
      "url": ""
    },
    "role": "Director of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force (performing the duties of Vice Chief of Staff)",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-grapples-challenges-aircraft-readiness/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Forum Remarks on Aircraft Readiness Challenges",
    "topic": "Structural drivers of aircraft readiness shortfalls and the Air Force's response",
    "venue": "",
    "wikidataQid": ""
  }
]