Aerostat crew member Spc. Steven F. Hahn (right), from Memphis, Tenn., stands by the flying sheave, while fellow crew member Pfc. William C. Williamson, of Seattle, Wash., kneels on the mooring station of Q-West's 17-meter Aerostat during a hoisting operation, Nov. 6. 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: | 11.06.2009 |
Date Posted: | 11.17.2009 02:17 |
Photo ID: | 224187 |
VIRIN: | 091117-A-9999S-017 |
Resolution: | 1800x1197 |
Size: | 613.42 KB |
Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ |
Web Views: | 80 |
Downloads: | 15 |
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