By Lauren C. Williams Mar 03, 2021 Unless the Air Force can modernize the IT infrastructure at the Air Force Academy, the school’s accreditation could be in jeopardy, according to Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the academy's superintendent. "Our IT is woefully behind where we need to be a provider of cyber excellence," Clark testified during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on March 2. The Academy’s IT needs don't get the same attention as the Air Force’s broader enterprise needs because it is funded as an .edu rather than a .mil organization, he said. That difference means the school doesn’t “fall under the normal IT funding that the rest of the Air Force comes under," Clark said. "So that funding that we need, not only now but into the out years, is vital for us. In fact, it threatens our accreditation."