US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Savage (top), watches as USAF SSGT Chris Sheppard, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, disconnects a satellite dish for removal as part of the decommissioning of the Digital European Backbone (DEB). The DEB consisted of 17 sites in England and others throughout Europe forming a network of radio sites. A new system, using government-owned and leased fiber-optic cabling technology, will allow voice; video and data transfer at higher rates
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Mildenhall
State: Suffolk
Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
- 10 Digital european backbone Images: PICRYL - Public Domain ...
- Usaf Ssgt Chris Sheppard Image: PICRYL - Collections - GetArchive
- 89 Kapaun Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 93 Cms Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive - GetArchive
- 10 Thomas savage Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- Kapaun air station - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- Digital european backbone - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
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Date
23/09/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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