Coming Soon: Air Force Cyber Command

Terry Olaes

Terry Olaes

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No, it’s not their answer to America’s Army. The Air Force is acknowledging that the nation’s infrastructure is a theater of war and will require credible offensive capability. One facet of this capability is the Air Force Cyber Command. Offense includes denial of service attacks and disruption of system integrity.

According to the command's website, AFCYBER begins operations on October 1. Interestingly enough, the USAF has explicitly stipulated that the entire command be "virtual."
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Ive been in the AF since Oct and this is nothing new to us. Guess you civies are out of the loop. Great stuff though
 
This is a command the Air Force has not been authorized to create, hence the "Provisional" designation.

The rest of the Department of Defense (most significantly the Secretary of Defense) is not onboard with this grab for missions and resources by the Air Force.

The USAF sees future funding dollars in this, so they are trying to get out ahead.
 
Why is this an Air Force responsibility more than an Army or Navy one? Shouldn't it be in a department of it's own? :S
 
Concentric said:
Why is this an Air Force responsibility more than an Army or Navy one? Shouldn't it be in a department of it's own? :S
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Since the USAF already has Space Command, maybe the virtual space is seen as an extension of an existing fighting space.

Besides.... Everyone know AF members know how to type, unlike the "hunt-and-peck" ground pounders. ;)

-P

//AMMO!
 
Concentric said:
Why is this an Air Force responsibility more than an Army or Navy one? Shouldn't it be in a department of it's own? :S
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They are struggling to remain relevant since interstate war is becoming less and less likely. They lobbied hard, and subsequently won the budgeting battle.

Cyber is such a lame name = air power, land power, sea power...cyber power? Think DoD needs to hired a geek or two to its naming department.
 
Heh, at least the AF will always have the dominant Air Power to their name, its good to see them getting this with them being forced to get rid of so many job titles, I almost feel bad for CE when I see how many jobs they need to be proficient in.

This would be soemthing I'd be interested in cross training into, its yet another job that might be applicable to the real world (all my jobs so far aren't :( )
 
sfuller said:
Cyber is such a lame name = air power, land power, sea power...cyber power? Think DoD needs to hired a geek or two to its naming department.
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Atleast they didn't name it Air Force iCommand or eCommand. I would have lost all faith.:rolleyes:
 
PR1975 said:
Since the USAF already has Space Command, maybe the virtual space is seen as an extension of an existing fighting space.

Besides.... Everyone know AF members know how to type, unlike the "hunt-and-peck" ground pounders. ;)

-P

//AMMO!
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ROFL puh-lease. The US Army Signal Corp has just as, if not more, talented people as the Air Farce, er Force. I know, I did six years active duty as a computer programmer in the Army. The only ground I was pounding was virtual. :D

If anything, a branch-neutral division needs to be formed, one that is not controlled by any military branch, or honestly the military period. Turning cyberspace into a military controlled asset could be a very dangerous proposition.
 
ir0nw0lf said:
ROFL puh-lease. The US Army Signal Corp has just as, if not more, talented people as the Air Farce, er Force. I know, I did six years active duty as a computer programmer in the Army. The only ground I was pounding was virtual. :D

If anything, a branch-neutral division needs to be formed, one that is not controlled by any military branch, or honestly the military period. Turning cyberspace into a military controlled asset could be a very dangerous proposition.
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NSA/CIA prolly handles the civilian side of things...we all know of the awesome job they do. :p

if they're reading this, HAI GUISE!!!!one
 
It only took them 16 years but AFCC (Air Force Communications Command) is back as AFCYBER. It's about damn time!

Being in Air Force Comm for the last 21+ years, I'm glad the AF finally decided to centralize Comm again. Too many bases were doing their own thing and continuity was fair at best.
 
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