Sergeant Daniel Ledesman of the 161st Target Acquisition Battery, Kansas National Guard, works on his Fire Finder Radar System in the morning of the 20th of April, 1996. He and the rest of an eight soldier team man their equipment at the International Airport at Sarajevo, Bosnia. Their mission is to gather information through the use of their Q-36 Fire Finder Radar that deals with small arms weapons, mortars, artillery and rockets, as well as many other sorts of weapons being fired. With the help of their Radar System, they can determine where, when, and at what time the weapon was fired as well as where the round is going to land and when it will do so. They are in Sarajevo to support...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Sergeant Daniel Ledesman of the 161st Target Acquisition Battery, Kansas National Guard, works on his Fire Finder Radar System in the morning of the 20th of April, 1996. He and the rest of an eight soldier team man their equipment at the International Airport at Sarajevo, Bosnia. Their mission is to gather information through the use of their Q-36 Fire Finder Radar that deals with small arms weapons, mortars, artillery and rockets, as well as many other sorts of weapons being fired. With the help of their Radar System, they can determine where, when, and at what time the weapon was fired as well as where the round is going to land and when it will do so. They are in Sarajevo to support all local Implementation Force (IFOR) commanders and to warn them of any possible threat in their area.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR

Base: Sarajevo International Airport

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jean-Marc Schaible

Release Status: Released to Public
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