{"id":22351,"date":"2019-08-09T18:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/09\/air-force-cyber-commander-departing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:54:19","slug":"air-force-cyber-commander-departing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2019\/08\/09\/air-force-cyber-commander-departing\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force cyber commander departing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commander of the Air Force\u2019s cyber component is leaving in the fall for a new assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, commander of 24th Air Force\/Air Forces Cyber, took over in summer 2018. He will be going to Hawaii to be the J6, command, control, communications and cyber director for Indo-Pacific Command, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Fifth Domain. No replacement has been named yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/02\/25\/defending-forward-in-the-cyber-arena\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CommandConvo_2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Defending forward\u2019 in the cyber arena<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, commander, 24th Air Force\/Air Forces Cyber\/Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber, on the evolution, integration and convergence of digital operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24th Air Force is the service cyber component to U.S. Cyber Command. Skinner, in his current role, is also responsible for planning, coordinating and executing cyber operations within European Command, as well as Transpiration Command and Strategic Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, cyber forces under Skinner\u2019s command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/2019\/04\/15\/the-cyber-teams-that-helped-stop-russian-election-interference\/\" target=_blank>played a role in thwarting Russian efforts<\/a> aimed at disrupting the 2018 midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s cyber forces are also in the midst of a major internal reorganization. The Air Force will be merging 24th Air Force and 25th Air Force \u2014 responsible for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, which also currently provides roughly 40 percent of AFCYBER\u2019s forces \u2014 into an integrated information warfare numbered Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/electronic-warfare\/2019\/04\/15\/air-force-hopes-new-organization-can-boost-electronic-warfare\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4375601.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force hopes new organization can boost electronic warfare<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Air Force leaders are touting the creation of a new information warfare organization earlier this month as a way to show the increasing importance of cyber and electronic warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve come to discover cyber is an element of the larger information warfare and [electromagnetic spectrum] fight that we\u2019re in,\u201d Ted Uchida, deputy director of operations at Air Combat Command, 24th and 25th Air Force\u2019s parent organization, said during an April event. \u201cTo view cyber in its lane and in the functional stovepipe is really an incomplete analysis. We\u2019ve come to discover it\u2019s really information warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skinner\u2019s departure from Air Forces Cyber eliminates another person that could lead the new integrated information warfare numbered Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25th Air Force\u2019s commander, Maj. Gen. Mary O\u2019Brien, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/nomination\/116th-congress\/799?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22mary+o%27brien%22%5D%7D&#038;s=1&#038;r=1\" target=_blank>was confirmed by the Senate July 31<\/a> to get her third star and be the deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and cyber effects Operations, replacing Lt. Gen. VeraLinn \u201cDash\u201d Jamieson, who will be retiring in January 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/108431\/lieutenant-general-veralinn-dash-jamieson\/\" target=_blank>according to her Air Force bio page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/05\/28\/the-air-force-names-a-new-boss-for-cyber-effects\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DVIDShub-AI-Cropped.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Air Force names a new boss for \u2018cyber effects\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force&#039;s recently created deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and cyber effects operations is getting a new leader.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This organization, created earlier this year, will oversee ISR offensive cyber, defensive cyber and tactical communications, after taking away the latter functions from the purview of the chief information officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, it\u2019s unclear if a two or three star will lead the new numbered Air Force or when the official merger will take place. 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