U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph McKeown IV, Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center radar systems team lead, attaches a crane sling to a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna, May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The team of radar systems technicians from Kapaun Air Station, Germany, worked with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove the decommissioned antenna from a 77-foot tower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann/Released)

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A team of radar systems technicians assigned to the Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center from Kapaun Air Station, Germany, prepare to remove a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna, May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The team worked with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove the decommissioned antenna from a 77-foot tower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph McKeown IV, Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center radar systems team lead, hammers out a linchpin from a support arm on a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna, May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The team of radar systems technicians from Kapaun Air Station, Germany, worked with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove the decommissioned antenna from a 77-foot tower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rowley II, Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center radar systems NCO in charge, signals a crane operator during the removal of a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna, May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The team of radar systems technicians from Kapaun Air Station, Germany, worked with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove the decommissioned antenna from a 77-foot tower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann/Released)

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A team of radar systems technicians assigned to the Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center from Kapaun Air Station, Germany, prepare to remove a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna, May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The team worked with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove the decommissioned antenna from a 77-foot tower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann/Released)

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A crane removes a portion of a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna, May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Airmen assigned to the Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center from Kapaun Air Station, Germany, teamed with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove the decommissioned antenna from a 77-foot tower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann/Released)

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Out with the old: Airmen remove decommissioned antenna

Published May 13, 2015
By Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann
31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Airmen from Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center, Kapaun Air Station, Germany, teamed with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove a Ground Pulse Navigation-20 Airport Surveillance Radar antenna from a 77-foot tower May 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The 35-year-old system was recently replaced by the new GPN-30 ASR system, which is used by air traffic controllers to monitor aircraft around Aviano.