US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Savage, 1ST Communications Maintenance Squadron (CMS), Kapaun Air Station (AS), Germany, in the process of detaching a satellite dish for removal as part of the decommissioning of the Digital European Backbone (DEB). The DEB consisted of 17 sites in England and others throughout Europe forming a network of radio sites. A new system, using government-owned and leased fiber-optic cabling technology, will allow voice, video and data transfer at higher rates