UAVs role key ingredient to success of Multi-National Division-Baghdad operations [Image 2 of 2]

TAJI, IRAQ

08.11.2008

Photo by Spc. Jason Dangel 

1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade

Spc. Raymond Poltera, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operator, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, launches an RQ-7B Shadow 200 TUAV from a pneumatic launcher at the aircraft's primary launch and recovery site on Camp Taji Aug. 11, 2008. The Shadow provides commanders on the ground all throughout the MND-B area of operations the ability to quite literally see the entire battlefield. As the leading provider and provisional authority for the MND-B's airspace, the Fort Hood, Texas, based Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Inf. Div., provides and maintains the launch and recovery site for the entire fleet of Shadow TUAVs.

• Date Taken: 08.11.2008
• Date Posted: 08.15.2008 00:23
• Photo ID: 108656
• VIRIN: 080815-A-0000D-002
• Resolution: 1750x1289
• Size: 742.67 KB
• Location: TAJI, IQ