All Blog Posts Tagged 'air force' (4)

Scrambling to meet commanders' insatiable demands for unmanned aircraft, the Air Force is launching two new training programs, including an experimental one that would churn out up to 1,100 desperately needed pilots to fly the drones over Iraq and Afghanistan.

As many as 700 Air Force personnel have expressed some interest in the test program, which will create a new brand of pilot for the drones, which are flown by remote control from a base in Nevada. That new dro

Written by Noah Shachtman for Wired News, August 13, 2008

The Air Force is about to suspend its controversial effort to reorganize its forces to "dominate" cyberspace. The provisional, 8,000-man Cyber Command has been ordered to stop all activities, just weeks before it was supposed to be declared operational.

Written by Josh White for the Washington Post,
August 13, 2008
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202864.html?hpid=moreheadlines Tag: Air Forc

Written By Kevin Poulsen for Wired.com, May 12, 2008