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6 SOPS shows Hurricane Irma from space

  • Published Sept. 11, 2017
  • By Senior Airman Laura Turner
  • 310th Space Wing Public Affairs
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. --   SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – An image of Irma showing Florida obscured underneath the storm with the Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan peninsula on the left hand side, downloaded by Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 6th Space Operations Squadron from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites on Sunday, Sep. 10, 2017. 6 SOPS, a Reserve squadron and part of the 310th Space Wing on Schriever, specializes in operating the DMSP satellites, which aid in planning military operations in the air, on land and at sea by providing tactical weather predictions and environmental intelligence. (Courtesy Photo)
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