{"id":11935,"date":"2019-11-26T19:41:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/26\/air-force-plans-new-cyber-afsc-to-defend-weapons-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:22:14","slug":"air-force-plans-new-cyber-afsc-to-defend-weapons-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/11\/26\/air-force-plans-new-cyber-afsc-to-defend-weapons-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force plans new cyber AFSC to defend weapons systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The computerization of weapon systems in the Air Force brings many advantages \u2014 but it also means they\u2019re increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help safeguard the security of these aircraft and other systems, the Air Force is working on a new cyber career field<\/a>, dubbed 1D7, for airmen in cyber jobs such as mission defense teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission defense teams are charged with identifying where the cyber vulnerabilities<\/a> are for each weapon system, and developing and putting into place the safeguards those systems need, the Air Force said in a Tuesday release. They also must establish alert systems to catch when a cyber attack on a weapon system is happening, and then respond and recover from the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managers from the cyber community met last week at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas to decide how such a career field might work. During the Nov. 19-20 meetings at the 189th Airlift Wing there, career field and functional area managers hashed out a training plan and expectations of students and instructors. They also improved the mission defense team training plan, and incorporated those developments into the new career field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the release, the Air Force said the new training outline they set will have a more relevant curriculum for cyber airmen, particularly those in mission defense teams. The planning committee also talked about how pipeline training will be conducted, and how follow-on training will fit into airmen\u2019s schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\t