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...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: 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 transfer at higher rates.
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
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