Nineteen Air Force cadets graduated with sixteen military and civilian colleagues from a 10-week long cyber security boot camp, held at the Air Force Research Laboratory information directorate in Rome, N.Y. The course entailed lectures, real-world problem-solving, and collaborating with AFRL staff on military and industry projects and ended with a two day “hackfest”—a large cyber security exercise. Working with AFRL on the course are Syracuse University and the CASE Center of New York, among other organizations. (Read more here.)
Every year, Congress and the military debate which combat assets should head to the boneyard and which have more life left in them. Lawmakers often opt to keep Air Force systems that bring jobs to their districts, which complicates matters as the service looks to modernize and ditch certain platforms.…