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A Navy SH-60 Seahawk Helicopter from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, flies low over the New Mexico desert during a familiarization flight for exercise ROVING SANDS '97. The helicopters are participating as part of the Red forces for the exercise. 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 SH-60 Seahawk helicopter from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, takes-off after landing near Phillips Hills in the New Mexico desert during a familiarization flight for exercise ROVING SANDS '97. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The helicopters are participating in the exercise as part of the Red force. 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

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

Two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron North Island, California, move in for a landing near Phillips Hills in the New Mexican desert during a familiarization flight for the joint service exercise, ROVING SANDS '97. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The helicopters are participating in the exercise as part of the Red Forces. 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

F-18 Hornets are being refueled after a mission over the New Mexican desert. 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

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 188th Fighter Squadron, 150th Fighter Wing, New Mexico Air National Guard, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, wait to take off on a mission during ROVING SANDS '97 as a Southwest Airlines passenger jet taxis across the active runway. 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

Aircrews from two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters depart their aircraft after landing in the desert near Phillips Hills, New Mexico. The airmen and helicopters are from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, and are participating in Exercise ROVING SANDS '97 as part of the Red force. 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

F-15 Eagles, of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida, during a pre-flight inspection prior to a ROVING SANDS '97 mission at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 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

Members of the 147th Aviation Battalion of Madison, Wisconsin, congregate in front of a C-5 Galaxy from Dover, Delaware, and prepare to download six UH-60 Blackhawk Army helicopters that will take part in 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

An F-18 Hornet flown by Captain Harvey McDonald, Deputy Commander of the Command Air Group (CAG), Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, arrives at Roswell, Airport, New Mexico, to participate in exercise 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. All Naval operations will be staged out of Roswell during the exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS

Base: Roswell

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cedric H. Rudisill, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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AIRMAN Jason Bass, Crew CHIEF for the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, launches his F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, for a local airspace orientation flight in preparation for 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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hornet captain harvey mcdonald captain harvey mcdonald deputy commander deputy commander command group command air group cag lemoore naval air station lemoore california roswell airport new mexico exercise sands effort soil environment control procedures control procedures systems theater missile defense air missile defense operations naval operations naval air station air station missile defense f 18 hornet staff sergeant us air force us air force captain high resolution state states soil ssgt cedric usaf united states of america jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives