SrA. Daniel R. Sanchez, a combat controller assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., has died while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Defense Department has announced. He was 23. A native of El Paso, Tex., Sanchez died on Sept. 16 in Oruzgan province, according to DOD’s release.
In a brief email Nov. 6, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out a new Cyber Force Generation plan, meant to give U.S. Cyber Command more authority over the employment, training, and equipping of U.S. troops preparing for and waging cyber war. Former Air Force officers and national security officials say the…


