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New platforms mean new computers to support the mission. New missions need new computers.
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Lowery AFB was one of the foremost technical schools for Imagery Interpreters or in my day Photo Interpreters (PIs).
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Light tables and paper were all you needed to brief the targeteers.
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The badge had no unit descriptor. It was classified.
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Smaller in size but more data storage processed the film faster.
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An example of imagery we reviewed.
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Click on the link to see the SR 71 Link text
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The TDF was a ruggedized fax that could be dropped from a C130 and immediately start to receive or send imagery to the field.
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The Air Force had the need for more data than most computers in the 60-70s could produce. The invention of and upgrades to the IBM computer came at the perfect time.
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Our first real desktop computer.
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Need to Know still in place. Events from 1990 to the present are still being reviewed.
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The advances in smaller, better faster technology allow the imagery interpreters to supply information to the field on handheld devices.
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Click on the link to see the Global Hawk Link text
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General Dynamics "Open cloud computing architecture for rapid insertion of new technologies and capabilities allows customers to build a cloud framework for their immediate mission requirements and easily evolve it to meet future needs"
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