Engineering and Installation, better known as
E&I, is a functionary of the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...
that
provides the engineering and installation of
telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...
into permanent facilities. This includes
removal and relocation of old or outdated ground communication-electronics systems, and to provide
for emergency and programmed, mobile, on-site, maintenance and modification of these systems.
Engineering and Installation Missions deploy worldwide to fulfill their mission to engineer, install, remove, and relocate
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) information systems and infrastructure such as antennas, cabling, radios, navigational aids, and
meteorological equipment. E&I can be described as a corps of
telecommunication engineers and the functional
intermediary between
civil engineers
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and
information technology
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professionals.
Engineering and Installation
Squadrons fall under the
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of the
Air Force Space Command
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.
There are currently 1
active duty
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India
The Indian Armed Forces are considered to be ...
E&I unit, 15
Air National Guard E&I squadrons, and 1 E&I team assigned to a
combat support agency
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.
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