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The Air Force is currently the only Department of Defense component that trains mission defense teams.
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It takes communications Airmen that have been historically focused on service-providing roles and placing them into a role where they need an operational mindset.” “It’s a novel concept within the Air Force. “The mission defense teams are an Air Force construct designed to provide wing commanders, cyber-based mission assurance and defense across the assigned weapon system for that wing,” said Lt. Lang also explained further investments put into the squadron and other cyber units across the Air Force will grow pipeline student training to more than 500 annually in the 223rd COS and more than 1,000 initial qualification students annually across the Air Force. Scott Lang, the 223rd COS Chief of Programs and Policies, Air Force active duty, National Guard and Reserve units plan to push more than 300 students through the MDT course throughout fiscal year 2020, raising in-residence initial qualification trained operators from 4 to 58 percent Air Force-wide. The graduates were the first from the only in-residence initial qualification training course currently provided to MDT operators nationwide.Īccording to Capt. The ceremony was attended by leadership from Air Combat Command and the Arkansas National Guard. 6, 2019, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., for 20 cyber defenders assigned to mission defense teams across the Air Force to include active duty and reservists. The 223rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron held a graduation ceremony Friday, Sept.