Aviation Warfare Systems Operator CHIEF PETTY Officer (AWC) Paul Schenk (left) and Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Secound Class (AW2) Steve Ayers (right), Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter crew chiefs, go through their final checks before taking off on a familiarization flight for exercise ROVING SANDS '97. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The airmen and the helicopter are from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, are participating in exercise ROVING SANDS as part of the Red force. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Aviation Warfare Systems Operator CHIEF PETTY Officer (AWC) Paul Schenk (left) and Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Secound Class (AW2) Steve Ayers (right), Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter crew chiefs, go through their final checks before taking off on a familiarization flight for exercise ROVING SANDS '97. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The airmen and the helicopter are from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, are participating in exercise ROVING SANDS as part of the Red force. 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.
Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS
Base: Roswell
State: New Mexico (NM)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cedric H. Rudisill, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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