Pacific Air Forces

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Kris Kowalski and Robert Shurte, 354th Communications Squadron contractors, Altech Services Inc., cable and antenna technicians, train to splice fiber optic cable March 3. The training provides them with the skills they would use in the field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Willard E. Grande II)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Don Hanson, 354th Communications Squadron contractor, Altech Services Inc., switch technician, connects jumpers on a telephone frame to activate a new phone March 3. The telephone frame houses every phone line on base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Willard E. Grande II)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Jose Flores, 354th Communications Squadron contractor, Altech Services Inc., cable technician, splices 300 pair cable in a training exercise March 3. Every wire in the cable is color coded and must be matched exactly or the whole cable will become inoperative. (U.S. Air Force photo/A1C Willard E. Grande II)

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Keeping Eielson connected

Published March 4, 2009