Air Force Reserve Command redesignated the 960th Cyberspace Operations Group Det. 2 as the 426th Network Warfare Squadron. The squadron, which now falls under the 960th Cyberspace Operations Group at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, includes more than 60 Reservists tasked with protecting USAF’s network infrastructure from cyber attack, according to a March 20 release. “We’re growing in leaps [and] bounds from where we were last year. [We went] from two detachments to a squadron,” said Col. Lloyd Terry, 960th CYOG commander. “We started out small and now jsut a year later, we have grown the unit to close to 60 and we’re continuing to expand that growth.” The ceremony took place March 8 at JBSA-Lackland.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed Sept. 14 the Space Force has “space control weapons” on orbit today—the Pentagon’s most direct acknowledgement to date that the U.S. is operating offensive capabilities in space.
