David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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Staff Sgt. Jason Nipp, a
Staff Sgt. Jason Nipp, a crew chief deployed from Ramstien Air Base, Germany to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EEMXS), protects his eyes during a sand storm while loading Air to Ground-88 missile wings and fins into the universal wing and fin container for download to an F-16CJ aircraft on a flight line in preparation for a mission on March 25, 2003. 363rd EEMXS members work 12-hour days 7 days a week preparing precision guided missiles to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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Members of the 485th EMXS
Members of the 485th EMXS assemble F-15 Eagles fuel tanks in their deployed maintenance facility on March 24, 2003. The 485th is deployed to a forward location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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Staff Sgt. Jason Nipp, a
Staff Sgt. Jason Nipp, a crew chief deployed from Ramstien Air Base, Germany, to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron, protects his eyes during a sand storm while spotting a munitions handling unit carrying an Air to Ground-88 missile for download to an F-16CJ aircraft on a flight line in preparation for a mission on March 25, 2003. 363rd EEMXS members work 12-hour days 7 days a week preparing precision guided missiles to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward deployed locationin Southwest Asia.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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Sgt. Simon Woolridge, a g
Sgt. Simon Woolridge, a ground engineer deployed from the Royal Air Force 10/101 Squadron, England, prepares a replacement engine to be put into a VC-10 aircraft during a sand storm on March 26, 2003. Aircraft move around the clock to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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An A-10 Thunderbolt crew
An A-10 Thunderbolt crew chief from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing inspects the cockpit before a combat sortie on March 23, 2003, at a forward location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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Air Force security forces
Air Force security forces from the United States, Great Britain and Australia work together to ensure the protection of a base at a forward location in Southwest Asia, March 26, 2003.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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Members of the 379th Expe
Members of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron patrol during a sand storm at a forward location, March 26, 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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David
Fri March 28, 2003 2:06pm
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VC-10 refueling aircraft
VC-10 refueling aircraft on the ramp during a sand storm at a forward deployed location March 26, 2003. These aircraft have been flying around the clock in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Marissa
Sun March 30, 2003 5:12pm
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FIGHTING BRADLEY; A Bradl
FIGHTING BRADLEY; A Bradley Fighting Vehicle of 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Squadron goes through a test drive after visiting the unit maintenance collection point in a forward-deployed location March 28
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Marissa
Sun March 30, 2003 5:17pm
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MASK CHECK; Air Force Maj
MASK CHECK; Air Force Maj. Dan Gernert, an F-16CJ aircraft pilot deployed from the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, SC, to the 363rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, adjusts his oxygen mask prior to taking off for a mission on March 27. Aircraft move around the clock to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at this forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia.
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Marissa
Sun March 30, 2003 5:21pm
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FRIENDLY FORCES; Members
FRIENDLY FORCES; Members of the 39 (1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron, British Royal Air Force, perform nightly maintenance on a Canberra PR9, a photographic reconnaissance aircraft, March 29. The 39 (1 PRU) Squadron is deployed from Royal Air Force Marham, in the United Kingdom, and provides aerial intelligence to coalition forces while operating alongside the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing in a forward-deployed location.
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Marissa
Sun March 30, 2003 5:23pm
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UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, Operation Iraqi Freedom; As much as accurate bombs, jet-propelled missiles and well-trained crews mean the difference in a war, none of it gets off the ground without good weather.
As aircrews and others at this forward-deployed location will tell you, weather is paramount for the success of Operation IraqiFreedom. No one knows that better than Staff. Sgt. Mike Wimmer, mission execution forecaster for the 457th Air Expeditionary Group and its compliment of more than a dozen B-52 bombers.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 4:12pm
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A member of the U.S. Air
Sunday, April 6, 2003, A member of the U.S. Air Force's 621st Air Mobility Group waits for a C-130 transport to take off Friday at an undisclosed location in southern Iraq. The C-130s are bringing in supplies for U.S. operations in the area.
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Desdichado
Tue September 30, 2003 4:31pm
Rating: 152
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Body Count
A grunt polices up enemy remains. Location and date unknown.
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David
Sat January 3, 2004 10:02pm
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SA-6 Gainful
Function: Low altitude, forward deployed, mobile radar guided surface to air missile.
Description: The SA-6 is a low altitude surface to air missile dependent on radio command guidance immediately after launch and switching to semi-active radar homing in the terminal phase. In the event of jamming or radar shut down the SA-6 may be guided optically and acquire its target after launch. The SA-6 is a two-stage missile armed with a 56kg fragmentation warhead, with contact and proximity detonation capability.
The first stage of the missile is a solid rocket motor located inside the main body, near the tail fins. When this motor expends its fuel, it is ejected out of the tail and the cavity created by its absence becomes the combustion chamber for a ramjet sustainer. Ramjets are technically simple and relatively fuel efficient, allowing good performance and range. The rocket booster is needed to get the missile up to a speed that allows sufficient airflow to sustain combustion in the ramjet.
An SA-6 battery consists of four launchers, each armed with 3 missiles, a command vehicle equipped with a STRAIGHT FLUSH fire control radar, and missile reloads carried on modified 6x6 wheeled vehicles. The STRAIGHT FLUSH radar is capable of acquiring targets at 75km and can begin tracking and target illumination at 28km. The radar can only track a single target at a time, but can guide three missiles at a time. Normal practice is to volley fire a number of missiles from one or more launchers at each target to better ensure target destruction.
At the Regimental level a LONG TRACK target acquisition radar may be used to acquire and track targets at high altitude. While the STRAIGHT FLUSH radar is capable of engaging targets detected by the LONG TRACK radar at low altitude (via target data hand off) the SA-6 is dependent upon the LONG TRACK for target tracking and guidance at higher altitudes. When electronically guided the SA-6 has a minimum altitude of 100m and 80m when optically guided. The SA-6 is highly mobile and can be displaced to a new location within 15 minutes after system shut down.
Martin D. King contributed to this file.
General Characteristics, SA-6 GAINFUL Surface to Air Missile
Propulsion:
Booster and sustainment stages; solid rocket propellant
Length:
18.7 feet (5.7 meters)
Diameter:
13.2 inches (33.5 centimeters)
Weight Fully Armed:
1,320 pounds (599 kilograms)
Maximum Range:
24 kilometers
Minimum Range:
3 kilometers
Minimum Height:
100 meters (STRAIGHT FLUSH)
80 meters (Optical)
Fuzing:
Impact, proximity, missile armed after 50 meters of forward travel
Ceiling:
12 kilometers
Speed:
Mach 2.8
Guidance System:
Radio command, semi-active radar in terminal phase
Warhead:
56 kilograms fragmentation
Rate of Fire:
Three missiles per target but limited to one target at a time
Introduction Date:
1966
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