Wilsbach, Trump’s pick for Air Force chief, notes retention and training of cyber experts ‘suffering’

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Air Force chief of staff, told senators that the Air Force isn’t having trouble recruiting cyber experts — the main problem is with retention and training.

Wilsbach — who recently served as commander of Air Combat Command, which oversees 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) — noted the challenges in his responses to advance policy questions ahead of his confirmation hearing Thursday with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The military services have previously struggled with readiness issues regarding their respective cyber mission force team contributions to U.S. Cyber Command.

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