Touchscreen monitors connected to multidisplay projection systems, a touch of cool mood lighting, and the center looks and feels like a command module on a space-age movie set. All that's missing is the voice-activated doors and a couple of Klingons. The gadgets are neat. The effect alluring. But the center's wizardry serves a vital role.
Nothing happens in Pacific airspace without it knowing.
It's the information mover for decision-makers. It was all hodge and not much podge. The high-tech operations center solved that problem. Kuter also brought about another entity called the contingency response squadron. In Kosovo they found when they had to go into an airfield, a small field never seen before, they didn't know what they're were getting into until they looked at it.