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Approved insignia for: 1853rd Communications Maintenance Squadron

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Casey Helmer and Dustin Hemingway, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, remove wave guide for recycling 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

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 More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Chris Sheppard and Joseph Libby, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, detach a satellite receiver for removal. This was part of the decommissioning of the Digital European Backbone. 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USA More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Quondell Mclean (left), 100th Communication Squadron (CS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Andy Bader, 422nd Air Base Squadron (ABS), RAF Croughton, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Joseph Libby, and USAF TSGT Russell Lawrence (right), 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, remove a satellite dish 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...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Quondell Mclean (left), 100th Communication Squadron (CS), Royal Air Force (RAF) M More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Savage, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, in the process of detaching 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

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 More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Chris Sheppard, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, attaches the winch from a crane to a satellite receiver 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

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 More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dustin Hemingway, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, removes a wave-guide for recycling 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

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 More

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

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 More