Air Force Col. Stephen Purdy, Jr., Director, Space Superiority Systems Directorate (SY), signs the thermal space blanket at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., June 22, 2018. The thermal space blanket will protect sensitive components inside the Advanced Extreme High Frequency (AEHF)-4 satellite from extreme temperature changes during its life-span around Earth’s orbit. (

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