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The New U.S. Air Force Cyber General - UPDATE

Kevin Coleman writes on Defense Tech:

During a media conference on November 2, 2007, Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne said the 8th Air Force would become the new Air Force Cyber Command. Now this statement has become reality.

A three-star general, Lt. Gen. Robert Elder Jr. is the commander and will lead the Air Force's (AFCYBER) Cyber Command. AFCYBER will have over 20,000 personnel, and the Air Force is recruiting officers and airmen from all over for careers in Cyber War.

Thousands of existing air force electronic warfare specialists will be assigned, or offered, jobs in AFCYBER. This will include units operating in the full spectrum of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify, and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures.

More here.

UPDATE: 13:39 PST: See also "The Dogs of Web War" in The Air Force Magazine Online. -ferg

posted by Fergie @ 1/02/2008 11:29:00 AM