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Show 4 TIMES May 10, 2012 HILLTOP TIMES The solar observatory in Palehua, Hawaii, which helps track the solar flares, is shown in this photo of the radar site. Nine 104 MC)01411 QUIN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED 25% OFF Lingerie for Mother's Day 293 S. State St., Clearfield 801-525-1583 CHRIS WOOTTON U.S. Air Force Or glillWorm. blackvelvetboutique.com Phone Discounts Available to CenturyLink Customers The Public Service Commission of Utah designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. CenturyLink's basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $14.00 per month and business services are $27.00 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request. CerituryLink offers Lifeline service to customers who meet eligibility requirements. 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Solar flares are tracked at Hill Air Force Base by the 519th Software Maintenance Squadron Solar ElectroOptical Network team. Nathan Sachs (left), and Clive Rudd display samples of solar activity observed on the network lab computers in Building 1515. Wall clocks show the time in the tracking sites around the world. Hill 519th SMXS SEON team helps track recent solar flares BY BILL ORNDORFF 309th Maintenance Wing T echnology produced by the 309th Software Maintenance Group and installed at weather observatories throughout the world help detect the intense solar flares such as those experienced in late January and early February. The flares, which resulted in the aurora borealis being visible in much of the Northern Hemisphere, are detected by solar radio antennas and solar optical telescopes. The software for these telescopes is developed, updated and maintained by the 519th Software Maintenance Squadron Solar Electro-Optical Network — SEON — team. "The telescopes and antennas have the tools analysts use to detect solar flares, bursts and sweeps," said Todd Rhodes, supervisory electronics engineer in the 519th SMXS. "There are five observatories throughout the world that track solar events for the Air Force Weather Agency. The radio sites have antennas to receive the information, frequency and intensity from the sun, and the optical sites have a visual telescope. We help with both." Sites with both optical and radio capabilities are located at Learmonth, on Australia's west coast; and San Vito dei Normanni, on Italy's southeast coast. Radio sites are at Ka'ena Point, on the northwest side of Oahu, Hawaii; and Sagamore Hill near Hamilton, Mass. An optical site F-35 From page 1 related to the EIS findings. Should the new aircraft be based at Hill, they would be operated by the 419th (Reserve) and 388th (active duty) Fighter Wings. "Our reservists look forward to applying our high-level of F-16 experience to operating and maintaining the F-35 alongside our active duty counterparts," said Col. Keith Knudson, 419th FW commander. The Draft EIS evaluates the potential effects of basing the F-35A Joint is also at Holloman AFB, N.M. "At any period of time, one or two sites are receiving the sunlight," Rhodes said. "During the long days of summer, there can be three sites observing the sun at one time." The software sustained by the SEON team directly impacts astronaut safety and satellite sustainability through forecasting solar phenomena that cause electromagnetic radiation. Those forecasts provide alerts, warnings and assessments for operational impacts to the Air Force and other DoD agencies. Software developed by the SEON team receives and interprets data from the instruments and provides approximately 10 forecast summaries an hour to Air Force solar forecasters. The SEON team's programs generate more than 87,000 reports annually, which accounts for 7 percent of all the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center products. The SEON software team incorporates complicated algorithms — mathematical procedures for calculating a function — from physicists and scientists into software code to keep forecasting accurate. The team improves the physical brains of the system, and the updated products control the measuring equipment that digitizes signals. "Most of the algorithms were established, but the old computers could only approximate them," See SOLAR I page 8 Strike Fighter at Hill AFB and at five other alternative locations in the U.S. The local public hearings drew overwhelming support from the community and included remarks from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Sen. Mike Lee (RUtah) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), as well as numerous Utah state senators, mayors, city councilmen and Hill AFB supporters. 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