Air National Guard Airmen support AFRL radar project
Senior Master Sgt. Michael Pope, Master Sgt. Peter Krug and Staff Sgt. Lynn Shain take a break during construction of a 100' bi-static radar tower May 20, 2011 at Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio. Air National Guard Airmen from six states helped construct four towers and install radar systems to provide the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with the capability to conduct advanced sensors research. BRAC 2005 decisions directed relocation of the research radars from Rome, N.Y. Sergeant Pope is with the 219th Engineering Installation Squadron, based in Tulsa, Okla. Sergeants Krug and Shain are each with the 243rd Engineering Installation Squadron, South Portland, Maine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Shaughnessy)