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    Ground crew technicians are performing pre-flight maintenance or inspection on a large military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), consistent with an MQ-1 Predator drone, on a tarmac at what appears to be a forward operating base. Two personnel are working directly under the fuselage near the sensor turret and landing gear, while a third individual in a red badge lanyard observes in the background. Tan military hangar structures and a second UAV are visible in the background.

    BALAD, IRAQ

    05.15.2006

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson  

    United States Air Forces Central           

    Joseph Stutzman and Robert Attard, General Atomics Aeronautical System, cross load a AGM 114 Hellfire missile from one MQ-1 Predator to another May 16, 2006. Stutzman and Attard are contract aircraft mechanics assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Balad Air Base, Iraq. Contractors began replacing military maintainers in Feb. 2006, and just recently took over as the primary mechanics for the MQ-1 Predator.

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    Date Taken: 05.15.2006
    Date Posted: 05.17.2006 09:52
    Photo ID: 20671
    Resolution: 4076x2587
    Size: 4.78 MB
    Location: BALAD, IQ
    Web Views: 352
    Downloads: 45

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