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Space Force Gearing Up for Future EW, Orbital Warfare, and Cyber Warfare Exercises

Space Force Gearing Up for Future EW, Orbital Warfare, and Cyber Warfare Exercises
An airman from the 216th Space Control Squadron, adjusts a dial while looking at the frequency of a signal on the monitor of a ‘Honey Badger system’ during last fall's first Black Skies exercise (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) held the second Black Skies electronic warfare (EW) exercise recently and is preparing to hold another this fall, as the command also gears up for a Red Skies orbital warfare exercise this summer and a Blue Skies cyber warfare exercise next year. Space Force held the first Black Skies last September. "A lot of our learning [in Black Skies] is in the command and control [C2] side, on how do…

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