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ACC Deputy Commander Talks 16th Air Force, Multi-Domain Warfare Officers

ACC Deputy Commander Talks 16th Air Force, Multi-Domain Warfare Officers
Then-Maj. Gen. Christopher Weggeman addresses attendees before relinquishing command of the 24th Air Force during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, July 17, 2018. Weggeman received a third star and became deputy commander of Air Combat Command in August 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew C. Patterson)

The Air Force recently stood up a new numbered Air Force for information warfare within Air Combat Command, consolidating the 24th and 25th Air Forces into the 16th Air Force, also known as Air Forces Cyber. The new entity, based at Joint-Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is now responsible for coordinating electronic warfare, cyber operations and integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets. Meanwhile, the service has also graduated its first cadre of multi-domain warfare officers out of the 505 Command…

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