UNCLASSIFIED // FOUO

AFCEA

State of Combat Comm

Advancing Warfighter Capabilities in, through and from Cyberspace

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Mission

Train and maintain in order to deploy, operate and defend expeditionary communications for

dominant combat and contingency operations.

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Let's Go!

Supported Missions

AOC AEW, AEG, AES

JTF POTUS/US Secret Service

ACS, ASOS, ACOMS Aircraft Mishaps

Joint/Coalition/Alliance Other Directed Missions

DSCA HA/DR

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Combat Comm Drawdown Timeline

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AFMA Manpower Study 2011

ISAG 2011

CORONA 2011

Deployable Comm CONOPS 2012

3 CCG/689 CCW Inactivation 2013

PAD Dec 2013

FY15 Alt POM: Jan 2014 AFSPC TDC Ltr

Force Strength: 44 AEW (LCP)Combat Comm Sqdns: 10 AD / 17 ANG / 4 AFR

Force Strength: 22 LCP, 27 MCP, 38 SCPCombat Comm Sqdns: 4 AD / 15 ANG / 3 AFR New Mission: “Extend the Net” for ACC Units

2011

2014

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Historical Ops Tempo

LEGEND AEF = MOB = HERD=

938 people and 84,419 man-days deployed since 2011!

4

UNCLASSIFIED // FOUO

Way Ahead

Normalize ASOS and ACS support

Explore redundant transmission paths

Embrace wireless

Formalize and standardize Small and Medium Comm Packages

Baseline Coalition network support and capabilities

Complete and execute results of Combat Comm Demand Study

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ADVANCING WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES

IN, THROUGH AND FROM CYBERSPACE

Major General Ed WilsonCommander, 24th Air Force andCommander, Air Forces Cyber

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THIS BRIEFING IS UNCLASSIFIED

Today’s Warfighting Perspective

• Cyberspace is a Domain…Not a Mission or Functional area

• Cyberspace is Man-Made…Primary Architect is Private Industry

• Cyberspace is Contested…Potential Risk to Main Street, Wall Street and Combat Ops…Warfighting Principles Influence Mission Success

• Cyberspace is Complex…Challenges Existing Policy and Legal Framework…Challenges Traditional C2 Constructs

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Increasingly “Commander’s Business” to Succeed in Today’s Fight

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•Growing Exponentially

•Pervasive in Everyday Life

•Borderless & Increasingly Faceless

•Internet of Things Becoming Internet of Threats

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Aurora Video

Proliferation and Sophistication of Threats

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED

ExploitationDisruption

Destruction

Shaping Key Cyber Terrain

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DoD’s Cyber Mission Force

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Fielding DoD’s “Cyber Maneuver Force”…6,000+ New Cyber Operators

National Mission Team

National Support Team

Defend the Nation

Counter Cyberspace Operations against adversaries emanating from Nation-States

Combat Mission Team

Combat Support Team

COCOM Support

Offensive Cyber Operations to achieve or directly support

CCMD objectives

Cyber Protection

Team

Cyber Defense

Defensive Cyber Operations to protect

key cyber terrain

AF’s CMF Force Structure

UNCLASSIFIED

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= 24 AF

= 25 AF*

• Total contribution: 1,700+ Airmen; 39 Teams• AFCYBER presents forces to USCYBERCOM• Jointly manned by 24 AF & 25 AF (1,000+ and 700+

Airmen)

Combat Mission Team

Combat Support Team

COCOM Support

13 x CMTs/CSTs

National Mission Team

National Support Team

Defend the Nation

6 x NMTs/NSTs

Cyber Defense

Cyber Protection Team

20 x CPTs

Challenges and Opportunities

• Proliferation & Sophistication of Threats

• Resource Stability

• Joint Information Environment (JIE)

• Added Capacity & Capabilities (CMF)

• Multi-Domain Integration

• Command & Control

• Rapid Cyber Acquisition

• Force Development

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5th MOB…Let’s Go!