Captioning performed by vitac to the innovation in the private sector and the Public Sector to come into the military when we need it and vice versa, right . Also sharing what talent and expertise and capability we have with the private sector. So we continue to look at those capabilities and right now as an in air force, our contribution to the cyber force is 39 teams, represents about 30 as you might imagine, about right for our contribution. 39 teams. The cyber com laid out three key missionaries theyre responsible for, defend the nation, defend the networks, support the combat and commanders. We have 13 teams that were building to support each of those requirements and each of those missionaries. So 13 times three equals 39 so thats what we have to do. Right now we sit at 26 teams and on track to complete our build by 201. We feel good where we are and where were going. I will tell you that you can never stop looking at managing this talent, because we have got to have the incentiv
Hose who against who it has illintent. So the South Koreans have suffered from this. Now to see them move forward and expand this Nuclear Weapons program. Each new launch brings them closer. They say they can hit the west coast of the United States. Theyre claiming they will be able to hit the entire u. S. With their icbm program. These placards that you see and these posters actually show their missiles coming down on the United States. And so at this point, i think it is critical and our colleagues mountain senate feel the same way and i want to thank our Senate Colleagues for building upon the house bill which eliot engel and i have authored, and i also appreciate the cooperation of the bipartisan house leadership to ensure this bills quick scheduling. Its just back from the senate. In the wake of north koreas Fourth Nuclear test and its recent missile launch, many of our allies also are trying to tighten the screws now on that regime in order to slow its capability to deliver this
I want to make sure that we have the opportunity to recognize them this morning. Yes. Ms. Bordallo would you kindly stand up, please . Chairman wittman i knew it. [laughter] chairman wittman i knew it, i knew it. Fantastic. She always does, she only does. Good morning. I want to think all of you for being here for the readiness hearing on the 2017 budget requests and readiness posture. This is the first of four hearings, and in december and january the services testified on increase readiness risks. Heg how the air force budget request enables a readiness Recovery Plan and where we continue to take risk. Welcome all of our experts. This morning we have with this general david goldfein, within a general john raymond, then a general Lieutenant General john cooper. Thank you all for testifying today. We look forward to your thoughts and insights on these important issues. The purpose of this hearing for the committee to receive clarification on air force choices for its budget request. Fu
To join Coalition Air strikes in iraq and syria. Activist groups in the city of raqqa report air strikes late into the night. Its not clear who exactly is conducting the air strikes. Two fighter jets hit isis targets about 30 mile west of baghdad. They struck four warehouses believed to be storing military equipment. Max foster is in the United Arab Emirates with details on the latest strikes. He joins us now from abu dhabi. Theyre not trying to destroy these refineries. Theyre more trying to degrade them. Theyre trying to damage them so they cant be used in the short term, but ultimately not destroy these Oil Refineries because once isis loses control of them, they go back to the iraqis, for example, or to future syrian authority, then they are still usable. They just want to stop isis frommic maing money from them effectively. The americans think isis is making 1 million a day from the black market in oil. And the big question, we had these pictures from the pentagon which showed the
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