[Infowarrior] - USAF Won't Lead Military in Cyber War

[Richard Forno]

Air Force Won't Lead Military in Cyber War
By Noah Shachtman EmailNovember 07, 2008 | 12:01:36 PM
Categories: Info War, Paper Pushers & Powerpoint Rangers

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/11/air-force-wont.html

For a while, there, the Air Force was selling itself as the only  
service that could lead the military through a cyber war. Now, the  
Pentagon chiefs have made it clear: They're not buying. All of the  
military services are going to have a role in fighting online.

“It rebuffs the Air Force grab for predominance in cyber operations,”  
a Pentagon official tells Inside Defense.

Last fall, the Office of Secretary of Defense pushed back an even more  
intense effort by the Air Force to grab control of the military's  
unmanned air force.

"A draft version of the 2008 Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review...  
concludes the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines each use cyberspace  
and have personnel and equipment as well as offensive and defensive  
capabilities," Inside Defense reports. "This finding, set to be  
included in a congressionally mandated report the Pentagon expects to  
complete by the end of next month, is not seen as the final word on  
the matter."

But Air Force plans to "dominate" cyberspace aren't looking so good.