E
ighth Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Robert Elder says the Air Force’s ability to use precision weapons and deal with multiple targets is tied to how the service works in cyberspace. SSgt. Matthew Rosine reports from Barksdale AFB, La., cyber-central for the Air Force, that Elder expects to stand up the new Cyber Command this fall provisionally at Barksdale. Elder believes that the Air Force, which he describes as a “global service,” conducts its operations effectively and efficiently with centralized control but decentralized execution “because our control of cyberspace is so good.”
The Air Force is seeking funding to let its pilots fly a little more than 1.1 million hours in fiscal 2027, which would be the most in about four years. But even if Airmen actually do fly all 1.1 million hours, it would still be short of the 1.3 million…