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- Transtracker on 2008-11-20 - Tags air_force , cyber command , cyberwar
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The next several months will bring massive changes to Air Force Space Command, stripping it of nuclear weapons and missiles, adding the emerging mission of defending cyberspace and shifting some 21,500 airmen and civilians into or out of the command.
But Gen. Bob Kehler, commander of AFSPC, said the changes are not as earthshaking as some might imagine.
The space, missile and cyberspace missions are closely intertwined, Kehler said.
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on 2008-11-20 by TransTracker
Indeed, not that different at all. I mean, two of the three both have the word "space" in them. So, they've got to be pretty similar, right?
The Air Force announced Oct. 24 that Air Combat Command’s nuclear-capable B-52s and B-2s, along with AFSPC’s intercontinental ballistic missile forces, will transfer to the new Global Strike Command, and Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) will be renamed 24th Air Force and move from ACC to AFSPC.
Global Strike Command will stand up by September 2009, and Cyber Command is expected to move to AFSPC next spring or summer.
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Global Strike Command sounds an awful lot like reconstituting Strategic Air Command. I haven't heard any talk of putting the aerial refueling tankers under GSC though, which would be necessary for this to truly be SAC II.
But the third major shake-up of Air Force Space Command since it was created in 1982 means more than musical chairs. It changes the command’s focus.
For starters, AFSPC will not have a kinetic war-fighting role for the first time since ICBMs were placed under the command in 1993. The loss of those ICBMs and the addition of 24th Air Force means AFSPC likely will be about 18 percent larger.
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