Technology Magazine October 2019 | Page 36

US AIR FORCE
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US AIRFORCE FACTS
Along with conducting independent air and space operations , the U . S . Air Force provides air support for land and naval forces and aids in the recovery of troops in the field . As of 2017 , the service operates more than 5,369 military aircraft , 406 ICBMs and 170 military satellites . It has a $ 161bn budget and is the second largest service branch , with 327,215 active duty airmen , 141,800 civilian personnel , 69,200 reserve airmen , and 105,700 Air National Guard airmen .
teams we are integrating into our DevSecOps platform and migrating our existing software factories the better , because they can simply piggyback on them and on Cloud One .”
The US government has a process for software approval called an Authority to Operate ( ATO ) which takes between six months to a year . “ Thanks to Dana Deasy , the DoD CIO , Bill Marion the Air Force CIO , Lauren
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