Story by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 03.08.2023
Four-foot balloons carry information gathering technology that collects GPS coordinates, wind speed, direction, height, ascension rate, pressure, temperature and humidity....
Story by Capt. Kyle Abraham | 16th Combat Aviation Brigade | 08.31.2022
U.S. Army aviation is in a transformative time as the force prioritizes modernization to match its commitments to people first and readiness. With the Future Vertical Lift, Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft programs all anticipated to field new Army aviation developments in the next decade, it’s important to look back at a different experimental......
Story by Staff Sgt. Christian Jadot | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.08.2016
CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI- U.S. Special Operations Airman launch a weather balloon to demonstrate weather data collection techniques to Djibouti officials at Camp Lemonnier, Dec. 8, 2016....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 04.28.2016
FORT LEE, Va. (April 28, 2016) -- The Quartermaster coin and insignia have boldly gone where few, if any, Army organizational identifiers have gone before. On Saturday, a travel and photography first was achieved thanks to a University of Alabama student initiative – Project Firefly....
Story by Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade | 375th Air Mobility Wing | 06.26.2015
Norma Gene Cadena’s last wish is to relive her days as a weather observer and to see what it would be like today to do the same job. At 87, Cadena has terminal lung cancer and, through the Sisters of Saint Mary Health Hospice and Home Health Foundation “Memories that Last” program, her wish was granted to visit the 15th Operational Weather Squadron on Scott Air Force Base, June 26, 2015....
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Jennifer Antoine | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.30.2012
Marines strained their necks as they looked up toward the sky at what could only be described as a giant balloon flying above Camp Delmar, March 29. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit trained with a new communications system that expands the capabilities of the Marine Air Ground Task Force. The system is called Combat SkySat and is used to retransmit information to extend the......
Story by Pfc. Nicholas Rhoades | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 10.19.2011
Marines from station weather and forecasting sent up a weather balloon with a brand new piece of technology at the seawall here Oct. 19....
Story by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.06.2011
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit launched a communications balloon Sept. 4 from the amphibious assault ship Makin Island off Southern California’s coast. ...
