![Photos by Senior Airman Jonathan StefankoStaff Sgt. Eric Klusman, 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron special maintenance team member, disassembles a decommissioned radar tower for transport May 6 on Ramstein. The 30-year-old system provided air traffic controllers with a 360-degree view of Ramstein’s 11,000-square-mile airspace. Its replacement will provide all the capabilities of its predecessor, while vastly improving the detection capabilities and overall support for air traffic controllers.](https://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Photo7d6.jpg)
Staff Sgt. Eric Klusman, 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron special maintenance team member, disassembles a decommissioned radar tower for transport May 6 on Ramstein. The 30-year-old system provided air traffic controllers with a 360-degree view of Ramstein’s 11,000-square-mile airspace. Its replacement will provide all the capabilities of its predecessor, while vastly improving the detection capabilities and overall support for air traffic controllers.
![Staff Sgt. Eric Klusman, 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron special maintenance team member, disassembles a decommissioned radar tower for transport.](https://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Photo7a38.jpg)
![Airmen from the 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron prepare a decommissioned radar system for transport.](https://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Photo7b16.jpg)
![Staff Sgt. Brandon York, 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron special maintenance team member, cuts a decommissioned radar system.](https://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Photo7c6.jpg)