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Dec. 19, 2018
Modernization: USAF Analog to digital efforts in the late 1970s and 1980s

As the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) continues to celebrate its 75th anniversary year, this article highlights contributions made during the late 1970s and throughout most of the 1980s.
Nov. 16, 2018
Flight Inspection: The mission and my time with the Air Force Communications Service

As the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) celebrates 75 years of history, it is easy to trace many of the organization’s current missions back to those early days.
Oct. 12, 2018
AUTODIN: The Air Force’s first high speed data communications network

In the mid ‘50s, the Department of the Air Force had a manual data communications system for punched card traffic and a separate system for teletype communications. These manual data systems had inherent limitations in speed and capacity as well as being susceptible to human error.
July 27, 2018
AFNIC celebrates diverse mobile communications history

The Air Force Network Integration Center is celebrating 75 years in military communications. Looking back through its rich history, the 1950s showed exponential growth in the mobile communication sector.
Feb. 15, 2017
Air Force begins migrating email to cloud-based system in 2017

The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center and Air Force Network Integration Center partnered with industry under the Collaboration Pathfinder project to test the Air Force’s ability to outsource collaborative tools such as email, Lync, and SharePoint to cloud-based services.

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Modernization: USAF Analog to digital efforts in the late 1970s and 1980s

Flight Inspection: The mission and my time with the Air Force Communications Service

AUTODIN: The Air Force’s first high speed data communications network

AFNIC celebrates diverse mobile communications history

Air Force begins migrating email to cloud-based system in 2017