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75th Anniversary Article

An AFC4A civilian technician performs equipment tests in the Technology Integration Center at Scott AFB, Illinois, 30 Aug 1993. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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75th Anniversary Article

Sharnee Riley, 1837th Engineering Installation Squadron, uses an Amphanol "Amp-Champ" crimper to terminate a connector on one of the multitude of 25-pair cables installed at the control site as part of the Scope Signal III installation to modernize Giant Talk, the Strategic Air Command's world-wide command and controls network, Clark AB, Philippines.

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75th Anniversary Article

2LT Norman Howard,1842d Electronics Engineering Group, verifies automated procedures on the prototype digital microwave radio system supporting the Japan Reconfiguration and Digitization program, Japan.

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75th Anniversary Article

A1C Mark Williams checks the status of Digital European Backbone remote unmanned sites using transmission monitoring and control equipment, Europe.

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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)

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75th Anniversary Article

A member of the 1st Aerospace Communications Group stands among the equipment racks of the Defense Satellite Communications System terminal collocated with the AFSATCOM consolidated ground terminal, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, 5 Jun 1981.

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75th Anniversary Article

Members of the 1842nd Electronics Engineering Group review circuit board negatives, Scott AFB, Illinois.

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Flight Inspection

U.S. Air Force Capt Steve Gaertner (background) and Capt Marty Pruden (foreground) from Air Force Communications Service's 1866th Facility Checking Squadron complete their flight planning prior to a flight inspection mission. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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Flight Inspection

Inside view of one of Air Force Communications Command's C-140 "Jet Star" with Chief Master Sgt. Tony Haus working the flight inspection equipment console. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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Flight Inspection

EC-47 serial number 43-48902 known as “Old Patches” pictured in flight. Old Patches was the last C-47 assigned to Air Force Communications Service, being stricken from the rolls in 1972. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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Flight Inspection

U.S. Air Force Capt. Lawrence “Rock” Verrochi in the cockpit of an OV-10, Nakhon Phanom Air Base, Thailand, 1973. (Courtesy of Mr. Lawrence “Rock” Verrochi)

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Radio school training in Hanger One at Scott Field, Illinois, Mar 1, 1941.

Radio school training in Hanger One at Scott Field, Illinois, Mar 1, 1941. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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The original three AACS regions, 1938 - 1939. (Courtesy of the AFNIC

The original three AACS regions, 1938 - 1939. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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Air-directed bombing demonstration at Ft Riley, Kansas, November 5, 1912.

Air-directed bombing demonstration at Ft Riley, Kansas, November 5, 1912. (Pictured from left to right are Lt. Follett Bradley, Observer and Radio Operator, and Lt. Henry H. Arnold, Pilot. (Courtesy of the AFNIC History Office)

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Thaddeus Lowe

Thaddeus Lowe observes confederate positions at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, June 1862. The Air Force Network Integration is celebrating 75 years in communication by revisiting its rich history and how it led to today’s advancement in communication. (courtesy photo)

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Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi’s experiments in wireless communication led to the first transatlantic wireless transmission from England to Newfoundland, Dec. 12, 1901. The Air Force Network Integration is celebrating 75 years in communication by revisiting its rich history and how it led to today’s advancement in communication. (courtesy photo)

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Reginald Fessenden

Reginald Fessenden performed the first radio-voice transmission, Dec. 13, 1900. The Air Force Network Integration is celebrating 75 years in communication by revisiting its rich history and how it led to today’s advancement in communication. (courtesy photo)

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Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell participates in the opening of the long-distance line between New York and Chicago, Oct. 18, 1892. The Air Force Network Integration is celebrating 75 years in communication by revisiting its rich history and how it led to today’s advancement in communication. (courtesy photo)

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75 Years of Dedicated Service

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.—A C-140A “Jet Star” aircraft is painted in the bright orange and white scheme of an Air Force Communications Service flight check aircraft. Air Force Network Integration Center is currently celebrating 75 years of its vital role of providing communications, information technology, and cyberspace systems operations and sustainment for Air Force missions. (Photo courtesy of AFNIC History Office)

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75 Years of Dedicated Service

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. –A C-54 "Sky Master" aircraft passes over the mobile ground control radar as the aircraft takes off from Rhein-Main AB on its way to Berlin. Air Force Network Integration Center is currently celebrating 75 years of its vital role of providing communications, information technology, and cyberspace systems operations and sustainment for Air Force missions. (Photo courtesy of AFNIC History Office)

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