As a young basic training Airman in 1986, Master Sgt. Micheal Meyer was about to go boldly where no other enlisted troop had gone – space operations.
Back then, Air Force Space Command was only four years old and the job of commanding and controlling satellites had been done by officers.
“I was one of the first enlisted to command and control satellites,” said Sergeant Meyer, 21st Operations Group noncommissioned officer in charge of standardization.
In April, Sergeant Meyer officially retires as one of the longest serving space operators in Air Force Space Command. He will have served 25 years in the U.S. Air Force.
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