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    TAJI, IRAQ

    11.30.1999

    Photo by Sgt. Jeff Ledesma 

    1st Cavalry Division

    An XM982 Excalibur precision-guided artillery round falls onto a well-known insurgent safe house during combat operations in the northern region of Baghdad, May 5. Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division fired the round from their M109A6 Paladin howitzer on Camp Taji, Iraq. The event marked the first-ever operational firing of the XM982 Excalibur projectile.

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    Date Taken: 11.30.1999
    Date Posted: 05.23.2007 10:45
    Photo ID: 45072
    Resolution: 2464x1632
    Size: 336.87 KB
    Location: TAJI, IQ

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