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Air Force Plans Significant Buildup Of Cyber Support For U.S. Space Command

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 7th, 2022

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Air Force Plans Significant Buildup Of Cyber Support For U.S. Space Command

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Over the next few years the Air Force component that provides cybersecurity support to U.S. Combatant Commands will dramatically boost the number of personnel and services it provides to the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), a senior officer with Sixteenth Air Force said this week. As the cybersecurity provider, Sixteenth Air Force currently helps USSPACECOM defend data, weapons systems, and critical infrastructure from malicious cyber activities, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Hill, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Sixteenth Air Force and…

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