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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Thomas Johnson, a 533rd Training Squadron student, takes notes on how ground based radars track satellites at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in May 2009. The 381st Training Group provides qualification training for intercontinental ballistic missiles, space surveillance, missile warning, spacelift, satellite command and control operators. It also performs initial and advanced maintenance training on air launched missiles and ICBMs. It conducts training in joint space fundamentals and associated computer maintenance. The group also conducts qualification and orientation training for Air Force Space Command staff and senior-level personnel, as well as instructor enhancement in support of operation units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)


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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Thomas Johnson, a 533rd Training Squadron student, takes notes on how ground based radars track satellites at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in May 2009. The 381st Training Group provides qualification training for intercontinental ballistic missiles, space surveillance, missile warning, spacelift, satellite command and control operators. It also performs initial and advanced maintenance training on air launched missiles and ICBMs. It conducts training in joint space fundamentals and associated computer maintenance. The group also conducts qualification and orientation training for Air Force Space Command staff and senior-level personnel, as well as instructor enhancement in support of operation units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

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