Navy wants to loop Air Force planes into new anti-air network

By Justin Doubleday / March 22, 2016 at 1:17 PM
The Navy has begun studying how Air Force aircraft could be used as part of the maritime service's integrated anti-air network, according to an official. Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, the Navy's director of air warfare (N98), said his organization is driving the requirement for including Air Force platforms in the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) network. The Navy's information dominance and naval intelligence offices (N2/N6), meanwhile, are studying the technical details of how Air Force and Navy platforms could...

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