CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—A MQ-1 Predator, assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron, takes off for a training mission here May 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Senior Airmen Chestin Adaoag and Abigail Rice, background, both MQ-1 Predator avionics specialist assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, hoist a ballast from the aircraft to secure a satellite here May 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Airmen assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, put together a MQ-1 Predator after returning from Afghanistan here May 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Airman 1st Class William Weaver, a MQ-1 Predator communications specialist assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, identifies patching cables on the predator primary satellite link here May 19, 2008. The predator primary satellite link (PPSL), is the focal point of communication for the MQ-1 predator and the pilots manning the aircraft from the ground control station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Senior Airman Dennis Luzano, a MQ-1 Predator communications specialist assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, removes bolts on a flux gate compass to replace it with a more efficient one for antenna orientation on the predator primary satellite link (PPSL) here May 19, 2008. The predator primary satellite link is the focal point of communication to the MQ-1 predator and the pilots manning the aircraft from the ground control station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Airmen assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assemble a MQ-1 Predator after returning from Afghanistan here May 19, 2008. The six images on the side of the MQ-1 Predator symbolizes the number of hell fires shot while in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Technical Sgt. Chris Couture, a MQ-1 Predator communication supervisor assigned to the 232nd Operations Squadron, Nevada Air National Guard Las Vegas, Nev., selects the proper tools to work on the predator primary satellite link (PPSL) here May 19, 2008. The predator primary satellite link, is the focal point of communication to the MQ-1 predator and the pilots manning the aircraft from the ground control station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—Technical Sgt. Chris Couture, a MQ-1 Predator communication supervisor assigned to the 232nd Operations Squadron, Nevada Air National Guard Las Vegas, Nev., input a technical order for the predator primary satellite link (PPSL) here May 19, 2008. The predator primary satellite link, is the focal point of communication to the MQ-1 predator and the pilots manning the aircraft from the ground control station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)
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