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

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    A U.S. Army soldier in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) operates a remote control device while a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launches from a catapult launcher in an arid, desert environment. The UAV appears to be a Shadow RQ-7 or similar tactical drone, recently launched from the pneumatic/rail catapult system visible in the mid-ground. The setting appears to be a forward operating base (FOB) in a desert region.

    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.

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    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

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