A Patriot missile is launched by soldiers of the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas, at a site on McGregor Range near El Paso, TX. The live firings were a real time opportunity for units involved in ROVING SANDS '97 to demonstrate their skills. 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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS
Base: Mcgregor Range
State: New Mexico (NM)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D. Mossman, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
30/04/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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