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    A group of military personnel, including one individual in US Army/Air Force digital camouflage uniform and several others in woodland and desert camouflage uniforms, are gathered on a rooftop around what appears to be communications or antenna equipment. They appear to be conducting a training or installation session involving a white radome or antenna housing and associated hardware. A water tower and military installation buildings are visible in the background.

    QAYYARAH WEST AIR FIELD, IRAQ

    03.02.2011

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau 

    321st Air Expeditionary Wing

    Master Sgt. Stephen Hale, left, and Senior Airman Ryan Unger, both from the 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron, system check a TMQ-53 weather observation system and an Ellason Weather Radar 600 after setting them up at the control tower here March 2. Hale and Unger were part of a three-man weather team that traveled from Baghdad to retrieve U.S. Air Force equipment and install a newly purchased system as part of an ongoing process to set up a self-sustained Iraqi military weather service. Hale is deployed from Detachment 2, 3rd Weather Squadron, Fort Riley, Kan., and is a native of San Antonio. Unger is deployed from the 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and is a native of Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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    Date Taken: 03.02.2011
    Date Posted: 03.07.2011 02:03
    Photo ID: 374216
    VIRIN: 110302-F-WA896-009
    Resolution: 2210x3315
    Size: 1.26 MB
    Location: QAYYARAH WEST AIR FIELD, IQ
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