Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic operations [Image 9 of 11]

ARCTIC OCEAN, UNITED STATES

09.13.2013

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst 

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

Trent Smith, a small unmanned aircraft systems operator from Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command supporting the University of Alaska‚ Fairbanks, performs the first-ever Coast Guard operational UAS launch from Arctic Ocean ice, Sept. 13, 2013. The SUAS operators, along with four other cutting-edge technologies teams, participated in the Coast Guard Research and Development Center's simulated oil spill response exercise aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)

• Date Taken: 09.13.2013
• Date Posted: 09.16.2013 15:55
• Photo ID: 1019055
• VIRIN: 130913-G-YE680-284
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 2.12 MB
• Location: ARCTIC OCEAN, US