Airmen assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, from Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, prepare a TRAC-170 Wideband System. The 225th arrived today at Logan Heights in El Paso, Texas. When the TRAC-170 is operational, it will provide communications links for FORSCOM (Forces Command) 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
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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS
Base: El Paso
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D. Mossman, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
08/04/1997
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