USAF plans to move Cyber Command, being developed now within 8th Air Force, “sometime soon” into major command status, Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, said Wednesday in testimony before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee. Moseley predicted a public announcement in late summer or early fall.
After years of experiments and tests, senior Air Force leaders say they're on the verge of using C-17s and other cargo aircraft to launch cruise missiles via airdrop, touting the development as a way to bolster the combat fleet and a major shift in the service’s mindset.