Cyber AF gets initial operating capability

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The commander of Air Force Space Command certified 24th Air Force for its initial operational capability Jan. 22. The 24th Air Force, activated in August 2009 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is a component numbered Air Force subordinate to Air Force Space Command located at Peterson. "Cyberspace operations represent one of the critical and major areas of growth within the Air Force today," said Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, the 24th Air Force commander. (Source: AFNS, 01/25/10) Gulf Coast note: Air Force cyber training is done at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.