USAF Technology Helps in Flood Areas

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Airmen from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., recently provided satellite imagery to ***ist state and federal agencies in relief efforts following flooding in Missouri and Arkansas.

Members of the 169th Communications Flight at McEntire Joint National Guard Base collected imagery using Eagle Vision, a mobile commercial imagery direct downlink system, to use in damage ***essment and reconstruction in the two states.

Through Eagle Vision, Air Force officials receive images from commercial satellites. Airmen process data and forward it to the U.S. Geological Survey, which distributes it to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, coordinator of the federal government's role in preparing for -- and recovering from -- domestic disasters.

Eagle Vision has provided about 15 images in response to the tornadoes and floods that have occurred in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and surrounding states over the past two months, said Brenda Jones, disaster response coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.

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