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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Master Sgt. Twila Costiloe, 188th Wing intelligence analyst, creates graphical information products in the 188th Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination element at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark., to support Hurricane Florence responders Sept. 13, 2013. The UPAD rapidly provides graphical information products requested by incident commanders located across the storm’s path. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John E. Hillier)188th Wing activates UPAD for Hurricane Florence Response
                        
                        
                        Master Sgt. Twila Costiloe, 188th Wing intelligence analyst, creates graphical information products in the 188th Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination element at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark., to support Hurricane Florence responders Sept. 13, 2013. The UPAD rapidly provides graphical information products requested by incident commanders located across the storm’s path. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John E. Hillier)
                
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        188th Wing intelligence analysts create graphical information products in the 188th Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination element at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark., in support of Hurricane Florence responders, Sept. 13, 2013. The UPAD rapidly provides graphical information products requested by incident commanders located across the storm’s path. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John E. Hillier)188th Wing activates UPAD for Hurricane Florence Response
                        
                        
                        188th Wing intelligence analysts create graphical information products in the 188th Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination element at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark., in support of Hurricane Florence responders, Sept. 13, 2013. The UPAD rapidly provides graphical information products requested by incident commanders located across the storm’s path. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John E. Hillier)
                
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188th Wing activates UPAD for Hurricane Florence ResponsePublished Sept. 14, 2018
                    
                    By Tech. Sgt. John E. Hillier
                    
                    
                    188th Wing Public Affairs
            **EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. (AFNS) --**The Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Wing activated its Unclassified Processing, Assessment and Dissemination capability in response to Hurricane Florence September 13, providing imagery, geospatial, and assessment support to incident commanders in affected areas.The 188th Wing’s UPAD allows Airmen to rapidly analyze imagery from a variety of platforms, including satellites as well as manned or unmanned aircraft, and distribute tailored reports to meet mission requirements. It can also produce pre-incident imagery products, graphical overlays, and post-incident damage assessment products.“Disaster response is what we train for,” said Col. Robert Kinney, 188th Wing commander. “This is why America has a National Guard: To save lives at home, to fight our nation’s wars, and to build partnerships at home and abroad.”Because UPAD capabilities provided to state and local authorities are produced remotely, 188th Wing Airmen are not required to be in the areas affected by the storm, freeing up local resources needed for responders on the ground. Kinney said that the wing will activate approximately 15 Airmen for the next three weeks, or as long as they are needed.The 188th Wing’s UPAD is one of 12 such sites across Air National Guard intelligence units and was the first to volunteer in response to the storm. “The skills that our analysts use to support troops on the battlefield are the same skills used responding to Florence today,” said Capt. Lonnie Nicholson, Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination officer in charge. “We’ve hit the ground running and are already pushing out products to support North Carolina.”The UPAD previously activated in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in September 2017. Airmen from the 188th Wing supplied more than 2,000 information products including damage and debris assessments, evacuation route assessments, lines of communication assessments, vantage point assessments for air traffic control teams, and flood potential assessments. Those responses were in addition to the mission they perform every day, accomplishing national military objectives around the globe.Air Force 



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