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Air traffic controllers at work in the Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) Section of the 1974th Communications Command (AFCC)

Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Kevin Karasti, of Kenosha, Wash., describes the purpose of the precision approach radar to a group of educators from Texas in the air traffic control radar room on board Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island (NASWI).

A1C Robert Carson, weather equipment repair specialist with the 1974th Communications Command (AFCC), checks the operation of a transmissometer located near the flight line

CPT Dale Meyerrose, chief of maintenance, watches as SRA Glenn King, navigational aids maintenance specialist, adjusts the tactical air navigation (TACAN) equipment at the 1974th Communications Group, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC)

A1C Robert Carson, weather equipment repair specialist with the 1974th Communications Group of the Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), checks the operation of the cloud height detector at the end of the runway

SSGT James B. Ziegler, an air traffic controller with the Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), looks through binoculars

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert L. Smith Jr., air traffic control operator with the 2066th Communications Squadron, is superimposed with a view of the AN/GPN-12 air traffic control air surveillance radar scope

SSGT Ellea Amos, ground radio equipment repair technician, checks the operation of the scope control in the Aeronautical Station of the 1974th Communications Group, Air Force Communications Command

A SSGT of the Air Force Communications Command (AFCC) monitors a main radar unit and runs a system check for calibrating the unit

SRA James Calkins, an air traffic controller with the 1974th Communications Group of the Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), is reflected in the precision approach radar scope as he directs an aircraft

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Scott Air Force Base

State: Illinois (IL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/11/1980
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STS084-322-026 - STS-084 - Flight deck activities during separation from Mir Space Station

A Hammer Ace technician comutes the elevation and azimuth before sighting the antenna on the geosynchronous satellite. Hammer Ace is a secured long range, air-transportable communications system used by the Air Force Communications Command for rapid response purposes. From the June 1984 AIRMAN Magazine

Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Josh McClellan monitors approach control aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6).

A Hewlett Packard HP-8566B spectrum analyzer and display on a test bench in the electronic technology and development (ET&D) laboratory. The test bench is used by ET&D personnel working on a low-noise microwave frequency stabilizer for low-frequency radar applications

Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Michael Chapman assigned to the Operations Department stands watch as Approach Control in the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATTC)

Air-Traffic Controller 1st Class Daniel Barrineau tracks approaching aircraft from the amphibious air traffic control center aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).

Communications Control Center Operations Controller, SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Mayernik, USAF, (left), and the Shift Supervisor STAFF Sergeant Brian Molloy, USAF, both with the 86th Communications Group go over recall procedures in the Communications Control Center during Threatcon Charlie. Ramstein Air Base, Germany went into the higher state of vigilance after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jeremy Lock, Aerial Photographer assigned to the 30th Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. SRA Lock is tasked to photograph Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and Space Vehicle launches as well as other activities that affect the base populous

SRA John Thomas, automatic digital switching specialist, and SRA Debra Nixon, traffic analysis clerk, process incoming traffic at the Base Telecommunications Center, 1974th Communications Group, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC). Another enlisted man works in the background

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR Airmen (SRA) James Kaufman (left) looks on as USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Fredieu (center) and USAF SRA Patrick Winter, set up a microwave module outdoor unit at Lager Aulenbach Germany, during Exercise COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2002. All are assigned to the 31st Communications Squadron (CS)

A member of Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) mans a radar console at sensor station No. 3 aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft

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sra calkins sra james calkins traffic controller air traffic controller communications group communications group command air force communications command afcc precision approach radar scope precision approach radar scope aircraft radar equipment illinois air force scott air force base high resolution us air force usaf air force base us national archives