SGT Daniel Ledesman from the 161st Target Acquisition Battery, Kansas National Guard, works on his Fire Finder Radar System in the morning of 20 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...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: SGT Daniel Ledesman from the 161st Target Acquisition Battery, Kansas National Guard, works on his Fire Finder Radar System in the morning of 20 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. (Duplicate image, see also DASD9904683 or search 960420A3327S001)
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR
Base: Sarajevo International Airport
Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jean-Marc Schaible, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
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