U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cory Littlefield, 35th Communications Squadron, radio frequency transmission systems technician, tests the battery amperage of the mass notification system Dec. 4, 2010 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The tester uses high resistance coils, which heats up when energized. RFTS technicians maintain more than 200 devices at over 128 locations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cory Littlefield, 35th Communications Squadron, radio frequency transmission systems technician, measures voltage from the batteries to the radio in one of the base's mass notification system poles Dec. 4, 2010 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The Giant Voice system provides base-wide mass notification and alert warning to more than 13,000 residents and workers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

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RFTS has the loudest voice of all

Published Jan. 4, 2011
By Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield
35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Communications Squadron Radio Frequency Transmission Systems Shop maintains and tests the base mass notification system among other systems.

The 35 CS plans, integrates and maintains over $1 million in command, control, communications, computers and intelligence infrastructure, navigational aids, information operations and postal capabilities for the Misawa Air Base's community. The squadron also trains and sustains 220 combat-ready C4I forces for wartime operations. This enables the 35th Fighter Wing, 21 associate units and the Japan Air Self Defense Force to generate, project and sustain combat power in the Pacific theater of operations.