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Air Force planning to train hundreds yearly in cyber warfare skills
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:49:07 -0600 (CST)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/jan/15/air-force-planning-to-train-hundreds-yearly-in/ BY TRISH CHOATE Standard-Times Washington Bureau January 15, 2009 WASHINGTON - Someday, somewhere, while the clock ticks relentlessly, an Air Force version of Jack Bauer - who does not engage in torture, of course, unlike the "24" character from television - might be waiting tensely, desperately for help from a cyber warrior who trained at Goodfellow Air Force Base. During 100 days on the base, the cyber warrior might have laid the groundwork to save this Bauer's skin and America with some well-placed keystrokes. Air Education and Training Command officials expect "Undergraduate Cyber Warfare Training" will be about 100 days long - no matter which of the three bases in the running for the project wins the cyber-training mission. They also estimate "Cyber 100," a professional continuing education course, will be about 10 days. The two courses are linked. "They will be placed at the same location because once they graduate from the UCWT, they will stay for the 10-day course," Col. Lee Pittman, chief of the technical training division for AETC, said. The Air Force will also bring in other students for Cyber 100, the 10-day course, bringing them all together, Pittman said. [...] _______________________________________________ Please help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.html
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