Maj. Jonathan Whitaker stands in front of the he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite operations facility Sept. 26, 2014, in Suitland, Md. Whitaker is the commander of Detachment 1, 50th Space Operations Group, a small unit of four Air Force officers, who work with NOAA civilians on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – the only weather satellite system in the DOD. The seven-satellite constellation supplies weather data and imagery 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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