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Nov. 5, 2019
ACC consolidates cyber support across enterprise

The Air Force Network Integration Center is re-designated as the Headquarters Cyberspace Capabilities Center (CCC).
June 14, 2019
AFNIC Change of Command

Colonel Marc L. Packler assumed command of the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) from Colonel Douglas S. Dudley, June 13 in a ceremony officiated by Colonel Chad D. Raduege, Director of Cyberspace and Information Dominance, Headquarters Air Combat Command.
April 1, 2019
Air Force Command and Control at the Start of the New Millennium

The new millennium began with advances brought about by the technological boom of the 1990s, and the Air Force now faced the challenge of how to maximize operations using these new technologies.
Jan. 11, 2019
Email in the cloud: CHES phase 1 completion

On November 8, 2018, the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) concluded the first phase of the Air Force’s transition to Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services, completing the migration of 555,000 CONUS based Air Force hosted e-mail accounts to a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration solution.This
Jan. 11, 2019
Computing Technology and Advancements of the 1990s

Each decade brings its own innovations, but through the wealth of advancements in computing and networking technologies, the 1990s were truly a revolutionary time in the history of the Air Force. Associated organizational changes also foundationally re-shaped the way the Air Force managed
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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