"It’s great to have internet day to day in peacetime," said Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, "but it’s more imperative to have it when bullets are flying.”
DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner also provided an update on the Pentagon's sprawling cloud effort, saying 13 task orders have gone out, totaling some $200 million.
A NASA ER-2 takes off from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to conduct terrestrial gamma-ray flash, or TGF, research in the Gulf of Mexico July 13, 2023. The Airborne Lightning Observatory for TGFs campaign is a collaboration between NASA and the University of Bergen, Norway, to study the advanced science of high-energy radiation emissions, known as dark lightning, from thunderstorms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Foster)
KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 6th Operations Group and 927th Air Refueling Wing are marshaled on the flightline during Operation Violent Storm, April 26, 2023, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Foster)
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