Eaker Institute to Release Cyberspace Study

Air Force Generals to Highlight Need for Cyberspace Focus

Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2007

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Air Force Association:

    Date:  Tuesday, October 9, 2007

    Time:  1 p.m.

    Where: National Press Club
           Lisagor Room (13th Floor)
           529 14th Street, NW
           Washington, DC

The Air Force Association today announced that the Eaker Institute, the public policy and research arm of the AFA and the affiliated Aerospace Education Foundation (AEF), will release a study tentatively titled “Cyberspace: The Airman’s Domain.”

The Oct. 9 press conference at the National Press Club will include Gen. John Jumper (ret.), Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, and Lt. Gen. John Baker (ret.):

    -- Gen. Jumper (ret.) served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
    -- Lt. Gen. Elder commands the Air Force headquarters for cyberspace,
       global strike and network operations, including the establishment
       of a new Cyber Command.
    -- Lt. Gen. Baker (ret.) served as Vice Commander, Air Mobility Command.
       His Air Force service began in 1972. 

The study was commissioned by AFA and authored by Dr. Rebecca Grant, President of IRIS Independent Research. Dr. Grant is an Eaker Institute fellow; a contributing editor of Air Force Magazine, produced by the AFA; and has worked for RAND, as well as the former Secretary of the Air Force and the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

Web-based technologies and communications play an ever-expanding role in our economic and military security. This in-depth report by the Eaker Institute examines the threats and opportunities this presents and the crucial role of the United States Air Force and the developing Cyber Command.

A summary and the report will be available, and the generals will take questions following the presentation of the report.

For more information and to RSVP, contact:

Chet Curtis

703-247-5850

E-mail: ccurtis@afa.org

Joel Hannahs

703-247-5847

E-mail: jhannahs@afa.org

The AFA is a 501(C)(3), nonprofit organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation. AFA has more than 230 chapters nationwide and overseas. To learn more about AFA visit http://www.afa.org