File:AN-FPS-16.jpg
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English: Salvador Sanchez, contractor for Western Range Operations Communications and Information (WROCI), rotates the FPS-16 radar used to track launching missiles at Tranquillon Peak on Vandenberg AFB February 1, 2007. The radar is used to provide data and track missiles during launches. This radar, along with its data system, will be tracking the upcoming Feb. 7 Minuteman III launch to direct the missile and make sure its direction is not altered. |
| Date | Taken on 1 February 2007 |
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Image obtained from Vanderburg Air Force Base, California. U.S. Air Force. http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123040085 |
| Author | (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Tyler) |
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| current | 11:27, 3 July 2007 | | 3,008 × 1,960 (2.91 MB) | Mvannier | Image obtained from Vanderburg Air Force Base, California. U.S. Air Force. http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123040085 |
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