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SIPRNet is a system of interconnected computer networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information up to SECRET level. It is the secret component of the Defense Information Systems Network and has access to a small pool of trusted allies, such as the Five Eyes.
Learn about the history, mission, structure and organization of the U.S. Cyber Command, a unified combatant command and cyber force of the Department of Defense. The command conducts cyberspace operations, defends DoD networks and systems, and integrates cyber expertise.
The 25th Operational Weather Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force that provides weather support for military forces in the Western United States. It was activated in 1943, disbanded in 1944, and reconstituted in 1948, and has been based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base since 2006.
Wake Island Airfield is a military air base on Wake Island, owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by the 611th Air Support Group. It has the ICAO code PWAK and is used for emergency landings by commercial jetliners flying transpacific routes.
Learn about the origins and evolution of the U.S. Air Force, from its predecessors in the Army and Navy to its separation as a separate service in 1947. The article covers the World War I, interwar, and World War II periods, as well as the command structure, technology, and doctrine of the Air Force.
USSOCOM is the unified combatant command for U.S. special operations forces, created by an Act of Congress in 1987. It oversees the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force SOF and conducts clandestine and joint operations worldwide.
The Air Staff is the headquarters staff of the United States Air Force, composed of uniformed officials who assist the Chief of Staff. It is organized according to the Joint Staff system, with 10 directorates covering various functions such as operations, intelligence, logistics, and nuclear integration.
Wurtsmith Air Force Base was a US Air Force base in Michigan from 1923 to 1993. It was a Strategic Air Command base with B-52 bombers and a Superfund site due to environmental contamination.