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About 10 Percent of Air National Guard Personnel in Cyber Mission

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023

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About 10 Percent of Air National Guard Personnel in Cyber Mission

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Director of the Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Michael Loh speak with airmen during a roundtable discussion at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, Ohio on Apr. 2 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

About 10 percent of the U.S. Air National Guard's 108,000 personnel are in the cyber field, as the ANG develops offensive and defensive cyber operations at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, the director of the ANG, said on May 30. "It's not only the [new] equipment piece, but it's also the missions piece and even giving up some of the legacy missions like old C-130s and going into cyber to enable air…

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