The Defense Satellite Meteorological Program is supported by the 6th Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The 6th SOPS transforms weather from a force of nature into a force warfighters can use to their advantage. The 6th Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., will shift its mission focus from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program to the National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System beginning in 2013. Pictured here is an NPOESS satellite.
Master Sgt. Ramon Santiago holds his daughter, Camila, as two of his other children, Ramon and Arianna, welcome him home at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico, Dec. 16. The 156th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron jet engine mechanic was deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The unit is part of the 156th Airlift Wing of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Louis A. Arana-Barradas)
Staff Sergeants Chace and Maria Morris go over a technical order under an F-15E Strike Eagle Dec. 9 on the flightline at a forward-operating base in Southwest Asia. They have been married more than four years and are both deployed together supporting the war on terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)