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The 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Alpha Battery 1-1, Fort Bliss, Texas prepare the Patriot Missile Launchers for setup. The Patriot missiles are used for air defense during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-01-04270 or search 970418-F-6655M-101)

Patriot missile battery support equipment from the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas is set up in preparation for a tactical missile launch. The live firing are a real time opportunity for units to demonstrate their skills during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

SSG Flores, 31st Air Defense Artillery (ADA), Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), Fort Bliss, Texas explains the maintenance and safety controls for the Patriot missile to LTC Robinson, safety inspector for the White Forces and CAPT Finley, Commander (deployed) of the 31st ADA. The Patriot missiles units are participating in the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. 970420-F-6655M-103

A Patriot missile is launched by soldiers of the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas. The live firing are a real time opportunity for units to demonstrate their skills during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

Soldiers assigned to the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas, level a radar unit in preparation for a tactical Patriot missile launch. The live firing are a real time opportunity for units to demonstrate their skills during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

SPC Cohen (right) and PV2 Ritchie, 31st Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade, HHB S1, Fort Bliss, Texas man the entry control point during a simulated security threat. The 31st ADA's Patriot missile batteries are providing air defense for this, during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Soldiers assigned to the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas, set up a Antenna Mast Group, which enables the Patriot missile batteries to communicate, in preparation for a tactical Patriot missile launch. The live firing are a real time opportunity for units to demonstrate their skills during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

Soldiers assigned to the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas set up a Antenna Mast Group, which enables the Patriot missile batteries to communicate, in preparation for the tactical Patriot missile launch. The live firing are a real time opportunity for units to demonstrate their skills during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

SGT Drew, 31st Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade, HHB S1, Fort Bliss, Texas prepares map grid coordinates for troop movements in preparation for night maneuvers. The 31st ADA's Patriot missile provided the air defense during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-01-04271 or search 970418-F-6655M-107)

During a safety inspection by the White Forces, this 31st Air Defense Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), Fort Bliss, Texas fire point was found to be adequate by the inspectors. The Patriot missile units are participating in the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97

Base: Mcgregor Range

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison

Release Status: Released to Public

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After the all clear and no longer wearing his chemical protective suit, SSG Williams, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, fills out an after action report on the simulated chemical warfare attack. His brigade area was a target for a chemical attack during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the 188th Fighter Squadron, 150th Fighter Wing, New Mexico Air National Guard, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, take off from Kirtland on a mission in support of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

US COAST GUARD Safety inspection

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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Stephen Liszewski, commanding

US Army MIM-104 Patriot Missile M-109 launcher trailers, from Alpha Battery, 1ST Battalion, 1ST Air Defense Artillery, 31st ADA Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas, are setup to receive launcher canisters, Base Camp McGregor Missile Range. The Patriot missiles will be used for air defense during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 18 April 1997.(Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-01-04270 or search 970418-F-6655M-101)

A 78th Aerial Refueling Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey KC-10 Extender lands at International Airport, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. A KC-10 is carrying supplies and equipment from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina for the 77th Fighter Squadron to use during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

During a mass familiarization mission briefing, LCDR Curt Walther, an SH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter pilot, points out the areas of operations to other members of the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron from North Island, California. Their mission, for the Red Forces, during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise includes a search for scud missile sites on the Alamogordo bombing range

A U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot and radar intercept officer get out of their aircraft after arriving at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. The sailors and aircraft are part of the Command Air Group (CAG) operations deployed to support the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Airmen download cargo from a C-141B Starlifter at McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. The cargo is supplies for the National Science Foundation (NSF) who study wildlife and seasonal changes for five to fifteen months while they are on the Antarctic ice

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the 147th Aviation Battalion, Madison, Wisconsin, sits on the ramp at Biggs Army Air Field after it was offloaded from the C-5 Galaxy. The UH-60 will be transported to a staging area and reassembled and flight checked for use in the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0302973 or search 970413F4141A 005)

Aerial view of a formation of three F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 542nd Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, returning from a bombing mission in New Mexico. The F-16's bombing missions are part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise being held in the southwestern United States

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