"We're setting up a nerd cyber swat team -- the NCST," Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced during an Air Force Association breakfast Friday.

The Air Force also recently rebranded its main communications arm essentially separating traditional IT functions from cyber warfare under the deputy chief of staff for ISR.. And on Sept. 13, the ...

The U.S. Air Force is falling short in its cyber and communications training of airmen and U.S. Space Force guardians. The existing educational structures are “Band-Aid” fixes to a much larger problem ...

Military teams compete in offensive and defensive cyber operations during the 24th Air Force Cyber Competition in San Antonio, Texas, June 6, 2019. U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. R.J. Biermann ...

The majority of the 45,000 cyber airmen and civilians — about 36,000 of them — are assigned to run the Air Force’s network as part of the Department of Defense Information Network, or DODIN ...

Military teams compete in offensive and defensive cyber operations during the 24th Air Force Cyber Competition in San Antonio, Texas, June 6, 2019. U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. R.J. Biermann ...

The Air Force considered standing up a cyber command about 16 years ago, but when also faced with a pressing need to create the Air Force Global Strike Command, department leaders chose to stand up ...

President Biden has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to serve as the new head of the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command, according to an Air Force notice seen by Politico. If confirmed ...

The Air Force and Space Force are prepared to pay a premium to keep their cyber-trained professionals wearing blue, according to the updated list of bonus-eligible career fields. Released Sept. 8 ...

The Air Force is reinstating its long-dormant warrant officer corps and looking for airmen to specialize in information technology and cyberspace as the U.S. confronts China’s rising military might.

The Air Force’s cyber headquarters in San Antonio is slated to get a new commander who’ll lead the agency as it prepares to take on more responsibility and potentially move to a new campus on ...