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688th Cyberspace Wing Inaugurates DAFIN FLAG: A Full-Scale Combat Readiness Exercise
May 12, 2025 — The 688th Cyberspace Wing (CW) culminated its inaugural DAFIN FLAG, a full-scale Combat Readiness Exercise focused on strategic competition against near-peer adversaries from late April into early May 2025. This exercise validated the wing’s readiness to provide, defend, extend and ultimately assure the Department of the Air Force Information Network in a contested environment... MORE

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689th Network Operations Squadron receives new leadership
March 4, 2025 — Lt. Col. Jason Brosseau assumed command of the 689th Network Operations Squadron from Col. Richard Wallace during an assumption of command ceremony at Air University’s Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama on Dec. 6, 2024. The 689th NOS is a geographically separated unit of the 960th Cyberspace Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas... MORE

Col. Richard Wallace, 960th Cyberspace Operations Group commander, hands the 689th Network Operations Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Jason Brosseau, signifying his assumption of command of the 689th NOS, December 6, 2024, at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Alabama. The 689th NOS is a geographically separated unit of the 960th COG located at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas. (Courtesy photo from SrA Pratyush Gupta)

Air Force releases FY25 Selective Retention Bonus list
January 6, 2025 — The U. S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Dec. 16, 2024. The FY25 SRB program consists of 89 Air Force specialty codes, reflecting the Air Force’s ongoing commitment to retaining highly skilled enlisted personnel... MORE

Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list

From concept to command: Celebrating 5 years of the U.S. Space Force
December 11, 2024 — In the intervening years since its creation, the USSF has built a space-focused cadre, pulling together ideas and expertise from sister services and promoting the transfer of enlisted and officers experienced in space operations, cyber, intelligence, acquisition and engineering... MORE

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U.S. Cyber Command chief discusses challenges of getting intel to users
December 9, 2024 — The United States has spent trillions of dollars on ensuring intelligence and the network that distributes that intelligence is the best on the planet, but more needs to be done, Air Force Gen. Timothy D. Haugh said... MORE

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Sixteenth Air Force continues Poland Cyber Command partnership with first-ever malware attack exercise
December 5, 2024 — Poland Cyber Command and Sixteenth Air Force reinforced their commitment to defeating malicious cyber actors in the information environment during a recent Poland Cyber Command delegation visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, from Oct. 29 -31... MORE

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U.S. Cyber Command deputy commander highlights collaboration, innovation at UW-Madison Tech Talk
November 22, 2024 — Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, emphasized the importance of collaboration between academia, government, and industry during a keynote address at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024... MORE

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As part of Cyber Workforce Development, DOD lowers time-to-hire for civilians 
November 12, 2024 — The time it takes to bring on a new civilian employee within the Defense Department's cyber workforce has dropped below 80 days, which bodes well for the department's effort to better develop its cyber workforce... MORE

Patches on the sleeve of a military uniform say “cyber” and “Air Combat Command.”

Army announces effort to help small business meet cybersecurity requirements
October 18, 2024 — The Defense Department is actively working on plans to build cybersecurity requirements for the defense industrial base into defense contracts as part of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program... MORE

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Combatant commanders detail range of emerging threats, highlight role of partnerships in maintaining edge
September 19, 2024 — Partnerships are key to defending against a rapidly evolving threat landscape and assuring the United States' advantage for the long term, senior Defense Department leaders said... MORE

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426th Network Warfare Squadron redesignated 426th Cyberspace Operations Squadron with new commander
September 16, 2024 — The 426th Network Warfare Squadron was officially redesignated as the 426th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Sept. 15, 2024... MORE

Lt. Col. Cassandra Lee assumes command of the 426th Cyberspace Operations Squadron and is passed the colors by Col. Richard Wallace, 960th Cyberspace Operations Group commander, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas on September 15th, 2024. (US Air Force photo by Alex Dieguez)

Partnerships key to U.S. cyber strategy, DOD official says
September 9, 2024 — Partnerships are critical to the Defense Department's proactive cyber defense strategy, a senior official said... MORE

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AI Security Center keeps DOD at cusp of rapidly emerging technology
September 6, 2024 — The director of the National Security Agency says the agency's new Artificial Intelligence Security Center is paying dividends in the Defense Department's efforts to stay at the cutting edge of the rapidly advancing technology.   ... MORE

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DOD releases strategy to achieve IT integration, interoperability
June 26, 2024 — The Pentagon released its strategy to drive interoperability and integration in information technology across the Defense Department... MORE

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Good cyber hygiene can impede adversary meddling in U.S. infrastructure
May 3, 2024 — Good cyber hygiene, which includes things like regularly changing passwords or applying software security patches, plays an outsized role in preventing America's adversaries from hacking into and crippling U.S. infrastructure systems... MORE

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Air Force to begin accepting warrant officer applications
April 25, 2024 — The Air Force is now accepting applications for Airmen aspiring to become the inaugural cohort of warrant officers in the information technology and cyber career fields... MORE

The Air Force is now accepting applications from April 25 to May 31, 2024, for Airmen aspiring to become the inaugural cohort of warrant officers in the information technology and cyber career fields. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

DOD employs proactive measures to counter cyber threats
April 22, 2024 — By pursuing integrated deterrence, including cyber, the Defense Department continues to be ready to fight and win the nation's wars, a senior DOD cyber policy official said... MORE

DOD cyber officials detail progress on Zero Trust Framework Roadmap
April 8, 2024 — The Defense Department is on track to implement its zero trust cybersecurity framework by the end of fiscal year 2027, senior Pentagon officials said... MORE

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CYBER HYGIENE: Online scams on the rise and targeting service members
March 5, 2024 — The internet provides a vast array of resources to millions of Americans and is a place where cyber scammers use the same resources to commit internet fraud against them... MORE

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Around the Air Force: Airmen and Guardians in the fight, cyber and IT warrant officers
February 23, 2024 — This week's look Around the Air Force highlights the Department's senior enlisted advisors plans to empower and equip Airmen and Guardians to prepare for Great Power Competition, and the Air Force reintroducing the rank of warrant officer for information technology and cyber career fields... MORE

This week's look Around the Air Force highlights the Department's senior enlisted advisors plans to empower and equip Airmen and Guardians to prepare for Great Power Competition, and the Air Force reintroducing the rank of warrant officer for information technology and cyber career fields.