75th Anniversary Article
An AFSATCOM programmer, TSgt Otis Smith, operates the AFSATCOM simulator while 2d Lt Rick Mahoney, Test Analyst watches. The simulator is capable of reproducing the necessary inputs and outputs that show real-world choices that can be handled by radio receiver, transmitter, and satellite equipment, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 12 Aug 1983. (Photos Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)