Deployed Tiger Brigade's UAS platoon takes to the air [Image 1 of 4]

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IRAQ

05.21.2010

Photo by 1st Lt. Angela Fry 

256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard

Louisiana National Guardsmen Pfc. Travis Hampton of Jonesboro, La., Staff Sgt. Donald Segura and Sgt. Mike Lejeune, both of Lafayette, La., complete pre-combat checks and inspections on the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, the Shadow, before their first flight from Contingency Operating Base Adder in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 21. The Soldiers are deployed with the 256th Brigade Special Troops Battalion?s UAS platoon to set the conditions for the responsible drawdown of U.S. Armed Forces and equipment in Iraq. The Shadow is a 275-pound unmanned plane used to gather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to support U.S. armed forces deployed in combat zones.

• Date Taken: 05.21.2010
• Date Posted: 06.07.2010 12:31
• Photo ID: 287001
• VIRIN: 100521-A-9743F-008
• Resolution: 1024x687
• Size: 176.31 KB
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ