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Trackers watch for dangerous 'space junk'

Maj. Jay Fulmer uses space and missile analysis software to track known man-made deep space objects in orbit around Earth. Major Fulmer is commander of Detachment 2 of the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System in Southwest Asia.

Air Force units assist in search for adventurer Steve Fossett

Tech. Sgt. Anthony Church analyzes raw radar data recorded over the Sierra Nevada to assist authorities in the rescue efforts for adventurer Steve Fossett Sept. 5.

Promotion takes to airwaves

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Army Maj. Kenneth Hynes watches as 1st Lt. Eric Johnston repeats his oath given via video conference May 26 by Maj. Gary Barlet at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Lieutenant Johnston, and his wife, 1st Lt. Sheila Johnston, were promoted together although they were separated by more than 7,000 miles...

Show me where it hurts

Master Sgt. Michael Keys uses a hazardous air pollutant site monitor to check air, soil, and water samples for contaminations Dec. 11 at Ali Base, Iraq. Sergeant Keys is assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Medical Squadron Bioenvironmental Engineer Flight and is responsible for occupational safety and health administration and environmental protection.

Directing traffic

Senior Airman Doug Richardson aids the center controller from the center assist controller seat as they monitor aircraft Jan. 18 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The assist controller communicates with forwarding operating bases throughout Iraq, allowing the center controller to focus on communications with aircraft...

Future UAS pilots will simulate air and land battles in course at Randolph AFB

Capt. Sam Allen, 563rd Flying Training Squadron instructor and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fundamentals Course director at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, operates the controls of a battlespace simulator in the course's laboratory.

Future UAS pilots will simulate air and land battles in course at Randolph AFB (2)

Capt. Sam Allen, 563rd Flying Training Squadron instructor and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fundamentals Course director at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, operates the controls of a battlespace simulator in the course's laboratory.

24-hour Tinkering: Maintenance around the clock

Members of the 76th Maintenance Wing's Maintenance Operations Center overlook maintenance documents Oct. 2 at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Staffed around the clock, controllers use a wall of monitors and a board of blinking, moving squares to document aircraft work and control access to ramp areas.

Sim training

Airmen and civilians from the 552nd Air Control Wing work in the mission simulators during a training exercise at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The programs used in the mission simulations, as well as in the E-3 Sentry itself during real-world missions, are written, tested and released for use by Airmen in the 552nd Communications Group.

Multinational communicators network at seminars

Hungarian army 1st Lt. Natalin Barkos checks the voice-over-internet-protocol connection and video feed during the testing phase of exercise Combined Endeavor 2007 in Lager Aulenbach, Baumholder, Germany. The exercise, a U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise, brings the U.S. and other nations together, especially those in NATO or Partnership for Peace, to plan and execute interoperability testing of command, control, communications and computer systems in preparation for future combined humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief operations.
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