Space professionals effectively employ space in counter-insurgency fight

More than 40 space warfighters from the U.S. and deployed locations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Southwest Asia attended the Theater Space Conference here, Feb. 8 to 10.

The space experts, from all services, collaborated to improve and maintain current space capabilities, such as global positioning, satellite communications, space control, and command and control systems.

Early in the conference, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Hoog, Combined Force Air Component deputy commander, challenged space operators to take operational integration to a new level of effectiveness. He also spoke of the need to integrate all facets of combat power – air, ground, space and cyber.
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