The Louisiana folks interested in gaining the Air Force’s new Cyber Command are working more than land to sweeten the pot. The Shreveport Times reports that Bossier Parish and Bossier City area officials are beginning to look at helping develop a potential workforce, not just for the new command but for the related facilities and businesses certain to congregate around the new command. Louisiana is joined in this race to secure Cyber Command by California, Nebraska, and Texas—at least those are the ones we know so far.
The 13th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, deployed its new F-35A fighters to a major exercise for the first time, sending them to Pacific Air Forces’ premier air combat training event: Red Flag-Alaska.