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An AN/MPQ-53 radar set, left, for the MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense system is deployed at a newly constructed site during Operation Desert Shield. The radar set is a multifunction, phased array device which performs surveillance, tracking and guidance functions. In the background are four Patriot launchers.

An AN/MPQ-53 radar set, left, for the MIM-104 Patriot tactical air def...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Thompson, Bill/MASTER SGT. Release Status: Released to Public... More

A view of the tail end of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

A view of the tail end of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is fired during a 6th Training Brigade exercise

A MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is fired during a 6th Training...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

A view of the tail end of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

A view of the tail end of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A crane is used to lift a canister containing a MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile from a trailer at a 7th Air Defense Artillery Brigade missile site during Operation Desert Shield

A crane is used to lift a canister containing a MIM-104 Patriot anti-a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A view of wiring on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

A view of wiring on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3rd Bn., 43rd Air Defense Arty., is deployed in the desert during Operation Desert Shield

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC. Samuel Henry Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and 1ST LT. Jan Copher transfer a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh, from an M-13K rough terrain fork lift truck to a flatbed trailer during Operation Desert Storm

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Civilian Maynard Sandy (left) and GUNNERY Sergeant R. J. Terhune (right) disconnect a dummy MIM-104 Patriot from its crane after being unloaded from its rail flatbed during WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTION 1-99

Civilian Maynard Sandy (left) and GUNNERY Sergeant R. J. Terhune (righ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTION 1-99 Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of Ameri... More

A crane is used to unload canisters containing MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missiles from a trailer at a 7th Air Defense Artillery Brigade missile site during Operation Desert Shield

A crane is used to unload canisters containing MIM-104 Patriot anti-ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A canister containing a MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is lowered to the ground at a 7th Air Defense Artillery Brigade missile site during Operation Desert Shield

A canister containing a MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is lower...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

CAPT. Pete Loebs of the 11th Air Defense Battalion writes his name on a Scud missile that he shot down with an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm. The missile landed harmlessly in the desert outside of Riyadh and was transported to a nearby base

CAPT. Pete Loebs of the 11th Air Defense Battalion writes his name on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Army STAFF Sergeant Kooker (right) of Delta 3/43, 11th Brigade Air Defense Artillery Fort Bliss, Texas, and civilian Jack Arntz (left) disconnect a dummy MIM-104 Patriot from a crane during WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTION 1-99

Army STAFF Sergeant Kooker (right) of Delta 3/43, 11th Brigade Air Def...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTION 1-99 Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of Ameri... More

A MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is fired during a 6th Training Brigade exercise

A MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is fired during a 6th Training...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Battery E, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, is deployed in the desert during Operation DESERT SHIELD

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Battery E,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Samuel D. Henry Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

CAPT. Pete Loebs of the 11th Air Defense Battalion writes his name on a Scud missile that he shot down with an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm. The missile landed harmlessly in the desert outside of Tiyadh and was transported to a nearby base

CAPT. Pete Loebs of the 11th Air Defense Battalion writes his name on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Military personnel examine the tail section of a Scud missile shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm

Military personnel examine the tail section of a Scud missile shot dow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

An AN/MPQ-53 radar set for the MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense system is deployed at a newly constructed site during Operation Desert Shield. The radar set is a multifunction, phased array device which performs surveillance, tracking and guidance functions.

An AN/MPQ-53 radar set for the MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense sy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A view of wiring on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

A view of wiring on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

The remains of a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh, are secured to a flatbed truck for transport during Operation Desert Storm

The remains of a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Myrtle Beach, S.C., directs the driver of an M-13K rough terrain fork lift truck during the transfer of a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh, to a flatbed trailer during Operation Desert Storm

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Camouflage netting covers a cargo truck at a newly constructed MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense system site during Operation Desert Shield.

Camouflage netting covers a cargo truck at a newly constructed MIM-104...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A view of identification marks on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

A view of identification marks on the side of a Scud missile shot down...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A view of a panel on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

A view of a panel on the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-10...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Military personnel transfer a Scud missile, shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile, from an M-13K rough terrain fork lift truck to a flatbed trailer during Operation Desert Storm

Military personnel transfer a Scud missile, shot down in the desert by...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A canister containing a MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is lowered to the ground at a 7th Air Defense Artillery Brigade missile site during Operation Desert Shield

A canister containing a MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is lower...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3rd Bn., 43rd Air Defense Arty., is deployed in the desert during Operation Desert Shield

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SPEC. Samuel Henry Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Myrtle Beach, S.C., examines the remains of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm. STAFF SGT. Stephen Olava of the 347th Transportation Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., operates an M-13K rough terrain fork lift truck to transfer the missile to a flatbed trailer

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3rd Bn., 43rd Air Defense Arty., is deployed in the desert during Operation Desert Shield

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC. Henry Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A soldier stakes down camouflage netting around an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense launcher at a newly constructed site during Operation Desert Shield. In the background, two other Patriot launchers are deployed.

A soldier stakes down camouflage netting around an MIM-104 Patriot tac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Military personnel examine the tail section of a Scud missile shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm

Military personnel examine the tail section of a Scud missile shot dow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Military personnel examine a Scud missile shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm

Military personnel examine a Scud missile shot down in the desert by a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Spc. Cordell St. Amant, a Fort Smith, Arkansas native

Spc. Cordell St. Amant, a Fort Smith, Arkansas native

Spc. Cordell St. Amant, a Fort Smith, Arkansas native and Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artiller... More

MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense systems are positioned for defense of a nearby air base in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.

MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense systems are positioned for defens...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Paul J. Page Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launchers of Battery E, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, line the desert horizon during Operation DESERT SHIELD

MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launchers of Battery E, 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Samuel D. Henry Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

First LT. Jan Copher examines the side of a Scud missile shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh during Operation Desert Storm

First LT. Jan Copher examines the side of a Scud missile shot down by ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

The remains of a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh, are secured to a flatbed truck for transport during Operation Desert Storm

The remains of a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Myrtle Beach, S.C., examines the tail section of a Scud missile shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

GUNNERY Sergeant R. J. Terhune (left) and Civilian Maynard Sandy (right) lift a dummy MIM-104 Patriot from its rail flatbed during WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTION 1-99

GUNNERY Sergeant R. J. Terhune (left) and Civilian Maynard Sandy (righ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTION 1-99 Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of Ameri... More

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Brown, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Brown, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Brown, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer, performs a maintenance check on a MiM-104 Patriot at ... More

A MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is fired during a 6th Training Brigade exercise

A MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile is fired during a 6th Training...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

STAFF SGT. Stephen Olava of the 347th Transportation Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., operates an M-13K rough terrain forklift truck to transfer a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh, to a flatbed trailer during Operation Desert Storm

STAFF SGT. Stephen Olava of the 347th Transportation Squadron, Moody A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Susan Carl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) John Trevino, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Artillery, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas, levels an MIM-104 Patriot, AN/MPQ phased array radar unit in preparation for a missile launch at a site on McGregor Range, Fort Bliss. The live firings were a real time opportunity for units involved in Exercise ROVING SANDS '97 to demonstrate their skills, 30 April 1997

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) John Trevino, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Artillery,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jame... More

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Brown, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Brown, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Brown, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer, performs a maintenance check on a MiM-104 Patriot at an... More

Spc. Nyh-kwquan McCauley, a Harrisonburg, Virginia

Spc. Nyh-kwquan McCauley, a Harrisonburg, Virginia

Spc. Nyh-kwquan McCauley, a Harrisonburg, Virginia native and Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Arti... More

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery “T... More

Soldiers with the Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air

Soldiers with the Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air

Soldiers with the Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery “Top Notch” Brigade conduct a march order and emplacement drill, Oct. 14 in the U.S. Army Central’s ar... More

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery “T... More

Spc. Nyh-kwquan McCauley, a Harrisonburg, Virginia

Spc. Nyh-kwquan McCauley, a Harrisonburg, Virginia

Spc. Nyh-kwquan McCauley, a Harrisonburg, Virginia native and Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Arti... More

U.S. Army Spc. Pedro Rosario-Roche, Charlie Battery,

U.S. Army Spc. Pedro Rosario-Roche, Charlie Battery,

U.S. Army Spc. Pedro Rosario-Roche, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer, performs a maintenance check on a MiM-104 Patr... More

Staff Sgt. Raniel Nebrida, a Houston, Texas native

Staff Sgt. Raniel Nebrida, a Houston, Texas native

Staff Sgt. Raniel Nebrida, a Houston, Texas native and launcher section chief and Spc. Cordell St. Amant, a Fort Smith, Arkansas native and a Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer, both wit... More

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Page, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Page, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Page, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment communications specialist, performs a maintenance check on an antenna at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia... More

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and

Spc. Jordan Thomas, a Louisville, Kentucky native and Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery “T... More

U.S. Army Spc. Pedro Rosario-Roche, Charlie Battery,

U.S. Army Spc. Pedro Rosario-Roche, Charlie Battery,

U.S. Army Spc. Pedro Rosario-Roche, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer, performs a maintenance check on a MiM-104 Patr... More

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