The Air Force would reap great benefits from fully integrating aerospace and cyberspace, said Air Force Space Command boss Gen. John Hyten. Doing that would give airmen “amazing capability,” he said during a Dec. 5 space forum in Washington, D.C., sponsored by AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Standing in the way of that integration, however, are old mindsets and other mental roadblocks, said Hyten. For starters, AFSPC is “comfortable with the way things are and predisposed against change,” he said. “Sometimes we get lost in our own stovepipes,” he explained. Money isn’t the problem. AFSPC’s budget last year was $9 billion, said Hyten. “For $9 billion, we ought to have the best space and cyber program” in the world, provided the money is applied “in the right places,” he said.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
