Staff Sgt. John W. Pidgette (left), non-commissioned officer-in-charge and native of Horn Lake, Miss., climbs the mooring station's tower ladder of Q-West's 17-meter Aerostat to examine the balloon's nose pad during an inspection, Nov. 7. The aerostat crew members – all from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, out of Hernando, Miss., and attached to the Base Defense Operations Center – provide a key element of base defense, maintaining the balloon and surveillance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
| Date Taken: | 11.07.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 11.17.2009 02:09 |
| Photo ID: | 224178 |
| VIRIN: | 091117-A-9999S-008 |
| Resolution: | 1197x1800 |
| Size: | 358.52 KB |
| Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ |
| Web Views: | 49 |
| Downloads: | 11 |
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