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AIR FoRce seeks to IMpRove Its AgINg sAtellIte Fleet stoRy By stAFF sgt. MAtthew BAtes ✪ DesIgN By vIRgINIA Reyes Master Sgt. Eric Gemmell adjusts the support system of a Transportable Antenna System while Capt. Joseph Fixemer directs the leveling of the system. The antenna is a component of the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System, or RAIDRS, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. RAIDRS is the new defensive counterspace weapon system for 2010. ✪ May-June 2009 21