Two Air Force airmen were killed and one was injured in a March 15 car accident outside the Honduran city of La Ceiba. The airmen had been deployed in support of a joint training exercise called New Horizons 2006-Honduras in cooperation with the Honduras government. The injured airman was taken to a local hospital where he is being treated for serious injuries, according to an Air Force statement. Names of the dead are being withheld pending notification of family.
The nominee to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency touted the value of the organizations’ dual-hat command structure and urged caution toward creating a dedicated cyber military service in written testimony to Congress released Jan. 15.
