Space CO foresees smooth move to cyberspace

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]link:www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/11/airforce_space_transformation_111208w/|Space CO foresees smooth move to cyberspace]
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Nov 13, 2008 16:23:48 EST

The next several months will bring massive changes to Air Force Space Command, stripping it of nuclear weapons and missiles, adding the emerging mission of defending cyberspace and shifting some 21,500 airmen and civilians into or out of the command.

But Gen. Bob Kehler, commander of AFSPC, said the changes are not as earthshaking as some might imagine.

The space, missile and cyberspace missions are closely intertwined, Kehler said. Therefore, many missileers will continue to spend parts of their careers in Space Command, and integrating the cybermission into the command won’t be all that difficult.

“I think that the fundamental focus and direction of Space Command will not change,” he said in an interview with Air Force Times. “This makes a lot of sense ... for us.”

The Air Force announced Oct. 24 that Air Combat Command’s nuclear-capable B-52s and B-2s, along with AFSPC’s intercontinental ballistic missile forces, will transfer to the new Global Strike Command, and Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) will be renamed 24th Air Force and move from ACC to AFSPC.


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[patriotvoice]

1. "This is a metaphor for what is wrong with the way the Air Force approaches future missions."

“They try to fit new missions into old ... frameworks.”

No kidding!