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Air Force Could Add Over 1,000 Jobs To Help Bolster Cyber Effort, Shelton Says

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

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U.S. Cyber Command’s (CYBERCOM) Air Force component could add “well over” 1,000 jobs, largely civilian, in the next two years to help the service and the combatant command bolster their cyber defense efforts, according to the Air Force’s space chief. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. William Shelton told reporters recently at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington the more than 1,000 additional jobs for the 24th Air Force would represent an increase of about 16 percent. Shelton…

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