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  • Network Warfare integrated at RED FLAG

    Today, the Air Force is bringing another weapon system to bear in the 21st century battlespace of cyber warfare. This new warfighting capability is the Air Force's own cyber warriors armed with the latest technology designed to operate, protect, exploit, and attack computer network systems. The 67th

  • Eighth Air Force deploys to CENTAF FWD

    Eighth Air Force Airmen packed up and headed out to a forward operating location in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Approximately 40 Airmen deployed recently to the Combined Air Operations Center, filling key roles in leading the air operations portion of the

  • Air Force leaders to discuss new 'Cyber Command'

    Air Force leaders are gathering in early November to discuss plans for creation of a new command, one chartered with flying and fighting in cyber space. Cyberspace became an official Air Force domain, like air and space, on Dec. 7, 2005, when Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Chief of

  • 8th Air Force to become new cyber command

    During a media conference here Nov. 2, Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne said the 8th Air Force would become the new Air Force Cyberspace Command. "I am announcing the steps the Air Force is taking towards establishing an Air Force Cyberspace Command," the secretary said. "The new

  • 47 FS supports Army troops on ground

    A terrorist cell has been located. The Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller assigned to the Army Battalion calls the A-10 Thunderbolt orbiting overhead with target coordinates description and location of friendly. The pilot verifies the target information and the next radio call from the JTAC

  • B-2 Spirit exceeds mission standard

    The B-2 achieved a milestone when it exceeded Air Combat Command's fully mission capable rate standard of 51 percent in June, a feat not achieved since September 2004. Keeping the B-2 ready for war is an effort that requires the hard work and support of everyone who works on base, said Col. Bob

  • Air Force changes network operations structure

    Eighth Air Force formally stood up the Air Force Network Operations Command structure, or AFNETOPS Command, during a ceremony here Wednesday. The move is part of a larger Air Force reorganization of its network operations structure designed to better support the warfighter. It puts all Air Force

  • U-2 pilot reaches 2000 hour mark

    A U-2 pilot with the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron reached the landmark 2,000 flying hours July 21. Maj. Jon Huggins, a U-2 instructor pilot, is now among the few pilots who have reached the career milestone. After his recent flight, the major has accumulated a total of 5,000 flying hours combined

  • 8 AF ANG unit dedicates Intelligence Center

    A Kansas Air National Guard unit subordinate to 8th Air Force opened "America's Newest Intelligence Center" Aug. 16 - the largest intelligence processing center in the Guard. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, Senator Pat Roberts, Senator Sam Brownback,