Senior Airman Kevin Russelheidt, 1st Combat Communications Squadron tactical network operations technician, monitors a non-secure Internet Protocol Router Oct. 5, 2015, at Diyarbakir Air Base, Turkey. A team of three Airmen are in charge of sustaining the base infrastructure network online for the Air Force Central Command squadrons deployed at Diyarbakir AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Released)
Airman 1st Class Brandon Martin, 1st Combat Communications Squadron tactical network operations technician, adjusts an AV-211 Antenna Oct. 5, 2015, at Diyarbakir Air Base, Turkey. The AV-211z Antenna is an air to ground antenna used for communications back to the 1st CBCS in Ramstein, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Released)
Airman 1st Class Brandon Martin, 1st Combat Communications Squadron tactical network operations technician, adjusts an AV-211 Antenna Oct. 5, 2015, at Diyarbakir Air Base, Turkey. The 1st CBCS stationed at Ramstein, Germany, is a deployment ready force that supplies communications abilities to forces downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Released)
Staff Sgt. Kirk Alston, 1st Combat Communications Squadron satellite communications technician, runs a fiber optic network line through an underground pipe Oct. 5, 2015, at Diyarbakir Air Base, Turkey. A small team of communication Airmen recently deployed to Diyarbakir to build a network from scratch for all combat search and rescue operations downrange in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Released)
Tech Sgt. Neal Brindowski, 1st Combat Communications Squadron cyber systems supervisor, guides a fiber optic network line during installation Oct. 5, 2015, at Diyarbakir Air Base, Turkey. The network line expands more than 6000 yards and will provide essential network access to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Released)
A small team of Airmen from the 1st Combat Communications Squadron recently deployed to Diyarbakir to build a network from scratch for all combat search and rescue operations servicing Iraq and Syria. The team established communications abilities, set up secure and non-secure networks and provided mission essential equipment for personnel recovery forces downrange in just five days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Released)