A soldier assigned to Alpha 5-52, Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, makes final preparations for a simulated launching of a Patriot Missile. The Patriot Missile System will be used by the Blue forces to defend against the Red Forces' air attacks during ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS
Base: Fort Bliss, El Paso
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Don Holzer, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/04/1997
Location
Fort Bliss, 31.81357, -106.41224
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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