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Squadron hosts international 'Cyber Wingman' program
OSAN AIR BASE, SOUTH KOREA (AFPN) — First Lts. Mike McCarthy and Al Chang from the 25th Computer Fighter Squadron at Osan Air Base, South Korea, discuss Cisco network routing paths as they prepare for an upcoming mission with Capt. Pak Chan-mu and Maj. Chong Hyaon-dong from the 15th Computer Wing at Seoul Air Base. The 51st Fighter Wing hosted a combined exchange exercise called the Cyber Wingman Program this week, with the participation from the 25 CFS here and the South Korean 15th CW. The cyber crew members trained together allowing both units to introduce tactics and improve interoperability between the two countries' military networks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephenie Wade)
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Computer security team provides safety net for Airmen
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) — Staff Sgt. Valerie Brunelle-Allen answers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) before handing out cyber sidearms for a mission at an air base in Southwest Asia. She is a Computer Security Escort Team Internet (C-SETI) member with the 386th Expeditionary Computer Security Forces Squadron. When not on a mission, the C-SETI members spend their time training or reviewing procedures to build secure websites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Courtney Richardson)
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Joint Cyberpace Operations Center
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (AFPN) — Tech. Sgt. Michael Roberts, an antivirus software update journeyman at the Joint Cyberspace Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., demonstrates his ability to type without looking at the keyboard during an unannounced Standards & Evaluations proficiency examination. The purpose of "blind typing" is to ensure Airmen can survive & operate if an enemy shuts down the electrical power grid that maintains non-critical lighting systems in a combat computer facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)
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Joint Base Balad Airmen patrol Iraq villages for rogue Wi-Fi hotspots
BAKR VILLAGE, IRAQ (AFPN) — Senior Airman Brian Hafner conducts a computer security sweep during a patrol in Bakr Village in support of Operation Internet Freedom. His team is assigned to search for terrorists who update their websites using rogue Wi-Fi hotspots. He is assigned to the 532nd Computer Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)
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Who you gonna call?
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) — Staff Sgt. Trevor Fettig prepares to analyze a digital sample for contamination during a unit exercise March 27 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Fettig, a readiness antivirus management journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Computer Engineer Squadron, hails from Lompoc, Calif., and is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)
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Manas members pledge to stop cyber assault before it starts
MANAS AIR BASE, KYRGYZSTAN (AFPN) — Capt. Jamie Fanning, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing cyber assault response coordinator, speaks at a workshop April 8 for a National Cyber Assault Awareness Month day of action at Manas Air Base. The 2009 CAAM focus, "Our strength is for defending," highlights the fact that military missions not only involve national defense, but the defense and safety of the Americans who voluntarily risk identity theft in defense for peace. Captain Fanning is deployed from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, where she also serves as the CARC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Weinberg)
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Keeping up with the news
KUNSAN AIR BASE, SOUTH KOREA (AFPN) — Senior Airmen Gustavo Gonzalez visits a commercial news website while wearing protective gear during a combined physical-cyber readiness exercise at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Angela Ruiz)
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WHMC ECMO team saves laptop from fatal error
IVO HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HAWAII (AFPN) — The Wilford Hall Medical Center's Ethernet CompuMetric Ozonation (ECMO) team stabilizes a ruggedized laptop on a transport cart in the networknatal intensive care unit at Capicola Medical Center in Honolulu. The ECMO team flew to Hawaii to transport the critically injured weapon system to a computer clinic in California for advanced medical treatment. Left to right: ICU2 Connection Therapist Airman 1st Class Andrew Pamintuan, 59th Cyberspace Medicine Squadron; senior ECMO antivirus technician Cheryl Collicott, 67th Symantec Defense Group; Networknatal Fellow Capt. (Ph.D) Jennifer Pirato, 59th Microsoft Simulator Flight (MSF); Nurses Aida Yumol and Bernadette Elliott, 59th MSF; Maj. (Ph.D) Melissa Tyree, 59th MSF; and Nurse Capt. Terry Bailey, 59th Medical Internet Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Kreangkai Tyree)
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Air Force Art Program artists visit HQ AFCYBER
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFPN) — Master Sgt. Michael Harris describes various cyberspace battlelab initiatives to Tatiana El-Khouri, Steven Wright, and John Finger — all artists participating in an official visit to HQ AFCYBER as part of an Air Force Art Program effort to create future works of art depicting the Air Force's critical role in cyberspace. During a three-day visit, the artists saw the network armory, the network-centric warfare campus and in-the-cubicle training for Cyber Warrior and Cyber Flag courses. Sergeant Harris is assigned to the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Cyberspace Center's Cyber Mobility Battlelab. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
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Air Force officials buy 'offices in the cyberspace'
MICROSOFT AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFPN) — Air Force computer programmers are developing virtual mobile command workspaces in Second Life for use by military and senior civilian leaders who must use military cybercraft for travel. Shown here is an illustration of the Senior Leaders In-transit Conference Cyber Capsule that will fit in PC-130s as well as PC-17s and KB-10s. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
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