Air Force to change network structure

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By John Andrew Prime
jprime  gannett.com
July 5, 2006

A reorganization of war-fighting network operations that
begins today
will touch 8th Air Force, headquartered at Barksdale Air
Force Base.

A release from 8th Air Force headquarters says the change,
which will
place ... under the command of 8th Air Force commander Lt.
Gen. Robert
J. "Bob" Elder J., will better allow the service
to "deliver sovereign
options for the defense of the United States of America and
its global
interests - to fly and fight in Air, Space, and
Cyberspace."

The change will consolidate Air Force Network Operations
under Elder,
the release said. That will take place with a ceremony at 2
p.m. on
the base. The change will put all Air Force units charged
with network
operations under Elder's command. These responsibilities
had
previously been spread among 10 major command Network
Operations and
Security Centers as well as the 8th Air Force, the Air
Intelligence
Agency, the Operations and Sustainment Systems Group and the
Air Force
Communications Agency.

In order to implement this change, the 67th Information
Operations
Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, has been reorganized
and will
be redesignated as the 67th Network Warfare Wing. It will
oversee the
stand-up of two Integrated Network Operations and Security
Centers.  
One will be at Langley Air Force Base, Va., and the other at
Peterson
Air Force Base, Colo.

Reorganization is expected to take several months to fully
implement,
8th Air Force headquarters said.

© The Times



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