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    Soldiers engage enemy targets with a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided 2B Aero Missile [Image 10 of 23]

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    A military wheeled armored vehicle is firing a missile or rocket in an arid desert landscape. The launch is captured mid-flight with a visible exhaust plume trailing behind the projectile and a dust cloud surrounding the vehicle. The setting appears to be a desert training range with rocky mountains visible in the background.

    FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    05.20.2014

    Photo by Sgt. Richard Jones 

    Fort Irwin Operations Group

    U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, engage enemy targets with a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided 2B Aero Missile during Decisive Action Rotation 14-07 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., May 20, 2014. The TOW 2B Aero Missile is an anti-tank guided missile used effectively at targets over 4,000 miles away. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard W. Jones Jr./Released)

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    Date Taken: 05.20.2014
    Date Posted: 05.25.2014 21:38
    Photo ID: 1363643
    VIRIN: 140520-A-QU939-413
    Resolution: 3528x2114
    Size: 5.01 MB
    Location: FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA, US
    Web Views: 37
    Downloads: 8

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