Col Omar A. Perea is Chief of Innovation and Prototyping for Operations Locations, El Paso and College Station, Texas, and the Individual Mobilization Augmentee for the Program Executive Officer for Battle Management Command, Control and Communications, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. In these roles, he works to establish an operations location conducive to the missions of Space Systems Command, planning for Space Futures Command and directly supports the Program Executive Office. Previously, Col Perea was the Deputy Director of the Warfighting Integration Office, Space Systems Command, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. As Deputy Director, he worked to establish the new office, its foundational processes, and working relationships between the Combatant Commands and Space Systems Command. Prior to this, Omar was Commander, 19 Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, where he led a 118-member squadron in operating and modernizing the nation’s Global Position System satellite constellation.

Omar commissioned from Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama in 2002. He has served in a variety of operations, planning and training leadership positions within the Air Force, Space Force, and the Reserve. His assignments include Congressional Liaison, Deputy Operations Group Commander, Strategy Plans Deputy Division Chief, Air Operations Center/Joint Space Operations Center Battle Watch Commander, Satellite Operations Instructor, Satellite Vehicle Command and Control Operator, and Satellite Vehicle Engineering Officer