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A U.S. Air Force BQM-167A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is recovered on the deck of a boat at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2004. The BQM-167A is powered by a ventrally mounted turbojet engine. It can be air or ground launched, and can carry the full range of current target payloads, including radar enhancers, countermeasures, scoring devices, and towed targets. (USAF PHOTO by Bruce Hoffman, CIV) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force BQM-167A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is launched from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2004. The BQM-167A is powered by a ventrally mounted turbojet engine. It can be air or ground launched, and can carry the full range of current target payloads, including radar enhancers, countermeasures, scoring devices, and towed targets. (USAF PHOTO by Bruce Hoffman, CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Ed Standill, from the 82nd Aerial Targeting Recovery Squadron, inspect a BQM-167A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) before its launch at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2004. The BQM-167A is powered by a ventrally mounted turbojet engine. It can be air or ground launched, and can carry the full range of current target payloads, including radar enhancers, countermeasures, scoring devices, and towed targets. (USAF PHOTO by Bruce Hoffman, CIV) (Released)

Ed Matson, from Composite Engineering Inc. checks the autopilot system of a U.S. Air Force BQM-167A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) before a launch at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2004. The BQM-167A is powered by a ventrally mounted turbojet engine. It can be air or ground launched, and can carry the full range of current target payloads, including radar enhancers, countermeasures, scoring devices, and towed targets. (USAF PHOTO by Bruce Hoffman, CIV) (Released)

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched from the flight deck of the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) while the ship is underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting operations in support of Exercise UNITAS 45-04. Naval forces from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and observers from Mexico and Canada are participating in UNITAS 45-04, the premier naval exercise in the region, which is conducted under the direction of Commander US Naval Forces Southern Command and hosted this year by the Peruvian Navy. UNITAS is designed to develop interoperability among the participating navies while increasing readiness and providing the...

MK117 Jato Booster assisted BQM-74 aerial target soars into flight for gunnery exercises of units participating in UNITAS 37-96. The target can simulate aircraft or cruise missiles in a variety of threat profiles. The BQM is operated and maintained by Fleet Composite Squadron Six (FLECOMPRON SIX) aerial target detachment two homeported at Dam Neck, Virginia. UNITAS is an annual operation in which a US Navy task group conduct combined exercises with participating navies. The task group for UNITAS 37-96 include the frigate USS JOHN L. HALL (FFG 32), tank landing ship USS LA MOURE COUNTY (LST 1194) (not shown) and the attack submarine USS NARWHAL (SSN 671) (not shown)

US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswain's Mate AIRMAN (ABAN) Ronald Marinello (foreground) an Aircraft Plane Director aboard the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) directs a USN F-14B Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11) onto one of the four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck. CVN 73 and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM) AIRMAN (AN), Travis Shedd, Fleet Composite Squadron Six, assembles a BQM-74E target drones on board the Guided Missile Frigate USS Doyle (FFG 39), in preparation for the upcoming 43rd annual UNITAS live fire exercises. UNITAS is the largest multi-national naval exercise conducted with naval forces from the Caribbean Sea, South and Central America and the USN. The exercises focus on building multinational coalition while promoting hemispheric defense and mutual cooperation

AIRMAN Jeffery Ervin, a plane captain with VFA-113, Naval Air Station, Lemoore, CA, stands by an F-18 Hornet while it is being hot refueled. Most of the fighters operating at Roswell Industrial Air Center are being refueled with the engines running during ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense

A U.S. Air Force BQM-167A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is recovered on a boat at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2004. The BQM-167A is powered by a ventrally mounted turbojet engine. It can be air or ground launched, and can carry the full range of current target payloads, including radar enhancers, countermeasures, scoring devices, and towed targets. (USAF PHOTO by Bruce Hoffman, CIV) (Released)

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Base: Tyndall Air Force Base

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Bruce Hoffman, CIV

Release Status: Released to Public

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