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DAF announces Spark Tank 2024 finalists
December 20, 2023 — The Spark Tank team presented the top 15 ideas identified through pairwise voting and subject matter expert evaluations from this year’s pool of submissions. DAF senior leaders convened to review and discuss the merits of each idea, reaching consensus to identify Spark Tank 2024’s six finalists... MORE

350th Spectrum Warfare Wing activates Wavelength Digital Service at JBSA-Lackland
August 4, 2022 — On July 19, the 850th Spectrum Warfare Group, the Research and Engineering component of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, activated Wavelength, formally known as Detachment 1, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

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Air Force Cyber Enlisted Airmen transition to operational AFSC
January 12, 2022 — Effective Nov. 1, 2021, all cyber enlisted Airmen have transitioned from the 3DXXX Cyberspace Support Air Force Specialty Code to the 1D7XX Cyber Defense Operations AFSC. The one-to-one transition and implementation of the new AFSC for cyber enlisted Airmen is part of a multi-phased approach that will reclassify cyber to an operational capacity within the Air Force, moving beyond a traditional communications support role. ... MORE

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557th Weather Wing's Mission Defense Team working to achieve IOC
January 11, 2022 — Franklin D. Kramer, former assistant secretary of defense, wrote in the Cyberpower and National Security publication that the United States must create an effective national and international strategic framework for the development and use of cyber as part of an overall national security strategy. Since that publication, the 557th Weather Wing, under direction from Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, is doing just that with their Mission Defense Team. ... MORE

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ADLS training transitions to “myLearning” in first step for new force development learning management system
March 3, 2021 — As part of Air Education and Training Command’s efforts to aggressively and cost-effectively modernize education and training, Airmen and Guardians can access the “myLearning” digital platform on the Air Force Portal beginning March 18, with the first phase consisting of a modernized and interactive training platform that allows Airmen to access training modules previously found on the Advanced Distributed Learning Service... MORE