According to Lt. Gen. Robert Elder Jr., the commander of 8th Air Force who also is charged with standing up the Air Force’s new Cyber Command, the service will create an online Global Cyberspace Innovation Center by this summer. Government Computer News reported the news from a Washington, D.C.-based event hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Northern Virginia Chapter. Elder described the online center as a forum for airmen, academia, and industry to “stimulate technology development.”
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…