Ready to Load

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- U.S. Army Sergeant Katie Sabin, crew chief and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Travis Boxrucker, pilot, help move a towbar into place that will enable a truck to push a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter onto a waiting C-17 Globemaster aircraft on the runway of Scott Air Force Base, Ill. on November 12, 2009. The Blackhawk along with its crew and maintainers out of the 1st 147th Wisconsin Army National Guard are flying to Dubai, United Arab Emirates to be a static display in their air show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

Air Force Network Integration Center keeps communications running

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Joseph Tsai, computer engineer, Doug Sylar, information technology specialist and Bruce Betker, computer engineer with the Air Force Network Integration Center, perform risk analysis on computer systems and applications at Scott AFB, Oct. 26. The risk analysis is part of the Air Force Certification and Accreditation Program that evaluates COTS products and provides architecture implementation recommendations to Air Force Network Operations, I-NOSC and enclave information system owners to mitigate risks on the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian J. Ellis)

Air Force Network Integration Center keeps communications running

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Staff Sgt. Stephen Seidel, Air Force Network Integration Center, performs cable checks on equipment inside the Technology and Interoperability Facility (TIF) at Scott AFB, Oct. 26. The TIF's fundamental mission is to provide a technical environment that supports communications and information systems engineering, testing, evaluation and demonstration activities toward achieving Air Force corporate communications and information needs and initiatives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian J. Ellis)

Air Force Network Integration Center keeps communications running

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Staff Sgt. Stephen Seidel, Air Force Network Integration Center, reaches for cable underneath the floor tiles inside the Technology and Interoperability Facility (TIF) at Scott AFB, Oct. 26. The cable will provide connectivity to additional test beds in the facility. Some of the major test beds include the Network Emulation Center, the Air Force's premier Model Network Operations and Security Center and the Airborne Laboratory Environment known as Scope ABLE. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian J. Ellis)

906th ARS Assumption of Command

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Members of the Scott Honor Guard un-furl the flag of the 906th Air Refueling Squadron during the assumption of command ceremony Tuesday. The 906th an active association squadron recently relocated to Scott from Grand Forks AFB, N.D. and became part of the 126th Air Refueling Wing.(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

AFSPC/CC visits AFNIC

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Col. John Odey, commander of the Air Force Network Integration Center at Scott, explains the mission of the center’s network integration facility to Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander for Air Force Space Command. Colonel Odey’s team also demonstrated simulated network warfare exercises on the center’s training range. The visit was part of the general's effort to move forward on realignments for organizations that fall under the Air Force’s cyberspace mission construct. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Karen Petitt)