A new report calls on Congress to create a stand-alone military Cyber Force to Lead the Pentagon’s cyber capabilities, and an influential lawmaker endorsed the idea this week. Report authors retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery and Dr. Erica Lonergan from Columbia University's School of International and ...
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Warfield Air National Guard Base in Maryland is slated to transition from A-10s to a cyber mission in the coming years, the Department of the Air Force announced March 7. The 175th Wing of the Maryland Air National Guard will become a cyberspace wing, pending an ...
Negotiations on the Air Force's purchase of two E-7 Wedgetail air battle management aircraft have hit bumps over cybersecurity and USAF-specific capabilities, service and industry officials said.
The Air National Guard will play a vital role in the Air Force’s new cyber and IT warrant officer track, the ANG’s boss said at the AFA Warfare Symposium. “In the first class of warrant officers, we are going to bring National Guard professionals into ...
The Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a warfighting edge in the face of intensifying great power ...
Airmen took command of two major defense intelligence organizations Feb. 2, as Gen. Timothy D. Haugh succeeded Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone as head of U.S. Cyber Command, and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse became director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Haugh is the first Airman to ...
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Supra Coders are military or civilian Guardians with a background in coding who went through an extensive training process to become a skilled software developer. But their value goes beyond simply knowing how to write code. “Supra Coders are critically important to Space Force,” Space ...
The 16th Air Force is working on an “information warfare operation center concept” to more effectively counteract the influence of China and Russia, commander Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Kennedy said Nov. 13. The goal of the construct is to provide “unity of effort” across the service, Kennedy ...