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A Pioneer remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) is recovered in a net near the stern of the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) during Operation Desert Shield. The RPV is assigned to Detachment 1, Fleet Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6)

Marines retrieve a Pioneer Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) after it lands on a runway following a test flight in support of Operation Desert Shield

National Parachute Test Range. A right front view of a Star Mini Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) in-flight

A Pioneer I remotely piloted vehicle (PV) approaches a recovery net erected on the stern of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The RPV, which carries a stabilized television camera and a laser designator, is being tested aboard the IOWA as a basic gunfire support system with over-the-horizon targeting and reconnaissance capabilities. The system may be operated out to a range of 110 miles from the battleship surface group and has endurance of eight hours

Underwater shot taken by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), during the recovery of the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru

A T-33 Shooting Star taxis down the runway after performing

Phillip Munoz, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia (GA), relays directions to Technical Sergeant (TSGT) David A. Harper, driver of the flatbed truck which is positioned under the fifth wheel assembly of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft was damaged when it slid off the runway after landing on the airfield

A KC-135 boom operator completes his aerial refueling checks during a mission over foreign skies in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. This image was shot through a Starlight System

A communications breakdown between a K-loader driver and ground personnel results in a dented engine as the K-loader hits the already damaged C-141B Starlifter aircraft which it was moving. The aircraft was damaged when it slid off the runway after landing on the airfield

A Star Mini Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) hits a net during recovery operations. The RPV was in flight for 13 minutes

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Base: Nptr, El Centro

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Dick Combs

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/07/1977
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