Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional)

The Air Force Cyber ​​Command ( AFCYBER ) for 2008 would have a major command (Major Command) of the U.S. Air Force to be for cyberwarfare. The planned establishment was first announced by the Air Force Secretary of State on November 2, 2006. From the summer of 2007, the command was under the name of Air Force Cyber ​​Command ( Provisional ) under construction and should have reached by autumn 2008 full operational capability. Due to changes in emphasis, however, was then announced in October 2008 that the AFCYBER would not be realized. The proposed package of tasks was perceived by the establishment of the 24th Air Force ( 24th Air Force) under the command of Air Force Space Command, was created at the same time as a new major command, the Global Strike Command.

Scheduled Job and Organization

State Secretary Michael Wynne described the tasks of AFCYBER as follows: "The goal is the establishment of a new major commands, which together with the Air Force Space Command and the Air Combat Command a guarantee of free access and data exchange for the President, composite commands and the American people in space, in the air and now in cyberspace should be. "

To the commander of the provisional commands MajGen William T. was appointed Lord. The staff was recruited primarily from the 67th Network Warfare Wing and the Eighth Air Force ( 8th Air Force ).