Air Force Network Integration Center engineers recently provided support to U.S. Cyber Command’s annual cyber exercise, Cyber Flag 13-1, which took place Oct. 29 – Nov. 8 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
Cyber Flag, a joint cyberspace training exercise, is designed to provide realistic training opportunities for a number of Department of Defense commands to deter, and if necessary, defeat a cyber attack against the department.
To provide this realistic training, USCYBERCOM called upon the expertise and capability of AFNIC’s Cyber Force Integration Team. For over 10 years, this team has managed and maintained the Air Force’s Simulator Training Exercise (SIMTEX) range, which simulates the service’s three-tiered network operations and security structure, giving cyber operators valuable hands-on experience within a safe, secure environment that is separate from the operational network.
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