US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Doug Jones, Instructor, Airbase Defense School, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron (GCTS), Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Air Field (AAF), Nevada (NV), returns fire while posing as a hostile enemy attempting to infiltrate a forward deployed air base during a Silver Flag Alpha training. SSGT Jones wears a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES), it detects if they are shot by the defenders. The 99th GCTS trains all of Air Combat Commands Security Forces on base defense in a hostile environment, and is the oldest school on ground air base defense tactics in existence
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Nellis Air Force Base
State: Nevada (NV)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert W. Valenca, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/01/2003
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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