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Wright-Patterson is expected to host a new unit, the 76th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron, after an environmental impact analysis this summer.
From antennas that can only "talk" to one satellite at a time to much of the work in the control center being done by paper, operators told reporters on a rare tour of the ops center that they're in dire need of modernization.
Among the exercise scenarios, Red Skies will look at how Space Force operators will handle threatening close approaches by adversary satellites.
A former senior commander at Peterson Space Force Base will soon step into the most senior enlisted role within the youngest military branch.
Chief Master Sgt. John F. Bentivegna will become the second ever Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman announced.