SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass information that she received from a dropsonde sensor dropped by parachute from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. The dropsonde is used to monitor a typhoon's direction so that the information can be promptly relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

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SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass information that she received from a dropsonde sensor dropped by parachute from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. The dropsonde is used to monitor a typhoon's direction so that the information can be promptly relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Andersen Air Base

State: Guam (GU)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/07/1977

place

Location

13.56784, 144.90582

Google Map of 13.5678396, 144.9058225

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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