An overhead view of the Air Operations Center where all the operations for ROVING SANDS 2001 takes place at Barksdale AFB, LA. Roving Sands is an annual air-and missile-defense exercise involving more than 15,000 people around the United States. Mock battles are fought in the southwestern desert; the forces are controlled from centers at a number of bases, including Barksdale
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 2001
Base: Barksdale Air Force Base
State: Louisiana (LA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Orly N. Tyrell, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
22/06/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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