On 6 October 2008, the Air Force announced that the command would not be brought into permanent activation, and that the cyber mission would be transferred, with the standup of the Twenty-Fourth Air Force, to Air Force Space Command.
On October 6, 2008, the Air Force declared that the command would not be permanently activated, and that the cyber mission would be transferred to Air Force Space Command along with the establishment of the Twenty-Fourth Air Force.