Cyber News

  • Air Force adoption of water fluoridation in 1954 led to dental improvements

    On September 22, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force posted images to its social media page as part of a story about one of the crewmembers of Lt. Col. Charles “Deacon” Miller’s B-29, Deacon’s Disciples II, whose last flight in World War II set a record for the fastest non-stop trip from

  • What Makes an Arctic Nation?: Looking Within at American Arctic Narrative

    In the Arctic region since the end of the Cold War, if not before, there has been a mismatch between the national interest of the United States as expressed on paper versus the drive to act on feelings expressed by the American public. The era of great-power competition, played out against the

  • Michigan, a place for rapid innovation

    LANSING, Mich. -- After the official unveiling of the newly branded National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), which includes the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, and the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center (KJJADIC) at

  • China’s Polar Silk Road: Implications for the Arctic Region

    The mounting tensions between the United States and China will pose a challenge to China's Arctic strategy. At the same time, China's involvement and behavior related to the South China Sea dispute might pose its own hindrance to the bigger goal. It will be beneficial for China not to engage in

  • USSF prototype uniform roadshow

    U.S. Space Force Major Dylan Caudill, model for the U.S. Space Force prototype uniform, describes the new material and cut of the service dress uniform at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 19, 2021. The Pentagon sent out a team with pieces from prototype USSF uniforms, so Guardians have a

  • Restructured guidance, policies drive digital transformation

    To drive digital transformation efforts across the enterprise, one Air Force Materiel Command team is taking a renewed look at legacy policies and guidance. The AFMC Digital Campaign Line of Effort #4 focuses on policies and guidance during the total lifecycle of a process, not just for engineering,

  • ITOW: Ethical Norms for New Generation Artificial Intelligence

    The team at teh Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown is doing great work.  They have translated this document, which is relevant to CASI and our friends.  Please see their translation below.The following document, issued by a state AI governance committee, lays out ethical norms

  • 108th Wing stands up Mission Defense Team

    The New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing is standing up a Mission Defense Team on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.Mission Defense Teams are the result of the Cyber Squadron Initiative (CS-I), which is a plan to move communications squadrons away from Information Technology (IT) service

  • A new Air National Guard cyber security team emerges at JBMDL

    As 2022 approaches, a new Air National Guard cyber security component has emerged at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.The mission defense team, or MDT, is a 108th Communications Flight element responsible for analyzing and identifying specific cyber threats outlined by the 108th Wing

  • Nevada Guard, university partner to beef up cybersecurity

    RENO, Nev. – The 152nd Communications Flight (CF), Nevada Air National Guard, and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Cyber Club are partnering to evolve each organization’s cybersecurity skills.“Being able to work with some of the smartest and most competent cyber hackers in the country puts us in

  • Senior enlisted combatant command leaders discuss global integration

    Top enlisted leaders from three combatant commands and the National Guard Bureau met to discuss global integration at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., Oct. 22. A global perspective and integration between geographical commands gives leaders the flexibility and capability to respond to threat

  • EFMP adds dedicated, specialized attorney to Central Cell

    The EFMP Central Cell has expanded over the past year, consolidating Air Force resources into one central location, and recently adding a specialized attorney from the Judge Advocate General Corps (JAGC) as part of continuing efforts to provide access and support for families.

  • Air University modernizes student information systems

    Air University is releasing a fully integrated and comprehensive student management system that will make it less cumbersome for educators to track students’ academic lifecycles and easier for students to check their course progress in real time.

  • Air Force designates 552nd ACNS as software factory

    On Oct. 16, the 552nd Air Control Network Squadron’s Development, Security and Operations Flight was officially designated and recognized by the Air Force’s Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan as an Air Force Software Factory.The accomplishment highlights the DevSecOps Flight, otherwise known as