Donley sets out structure for cyber command

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Donley sets out structure for cyber command
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 25, 2009 18:38:19 EST

After two years of delays, reversals and adjustments, the shape of the service’s cyber warfare organization is finally beginning to emerge as it moves toward an official standup in May or June.

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley approved on Friday a plan for standing up 24th Air Force, the service’s new cyber warfare organization, as part of Air Force Space Command, an Air Force official said.

The plan, outlined in a document called a program action directive, calls for a combined headquarters element and operations center and three operational wings. Overall, 24th Air Force will have around 5,500 people.

“That will put all of the majcoms in high gear to implement all of the actions in that PAD,” Maj. Gen. Bill Lord, commander of Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., said last week, before the document was signed.

The commander will be a two-star general, but it has not been decided if it will be Lord. That decision is expected within 30 days.


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