Capt. Tyson Johnson stands in the satellite operations center Sept. 25, 2014, at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite operations facility in Suitland, Md. Johnson is the ground flight commander with Detachment 1, 50th Space Operations Group. The geographically separated unit manages the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – the only weather satellite system in the DOD – in cooperation with NOAA engineers and satellite operators. The system supplies weather data to the Air Force Weather agency as well as military and civilian organizations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexander W. Riedel)
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