David
Tue December 17, 2002 2:05pm
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A Kosovo Protection Corps
A Kosovo Protection Corps engineer pulls an abandoned car out of a ditch near the culvert on Ring Road Tuesday Feb. 12, 2002. Debris, like this car and the trash in the photo, blocked the culvert and caused flooding on the road. The KPC and the 27th Engineer Battalion (Airborne) cleared the debris away to stop the flooding (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bill Putnam/131st MPAD).
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David
Thu December 19, 2002 2:35pm
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Soldiers of the 1st Batta
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment maneuver to take out an enemy bunker in the mock town of Vitina. The soldiers are training on skills they would use as infantryman may also have to use during the Division's return to Kosovo.
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David
Thu December 19, 2002 2:35pm
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Soldiers of the 1st Batta
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment determine their position during a movement to contact exercise. The 26th Inf. will return to Kosovo this spring when the Division returns to that peacekeeping mission.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 4:27pm
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The USS Phillipine Sea (C
The USS Phillipine Sea (CG 58) steams off the port side of the USS Enterprise, while an F/A-18C "Hornet" launches from the flight deck. Events in the Yugoslavian Province of Kosovo have placed the Enterprise in a high state of alert pending possible U.S. and NATO led air strikes. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 5:17pm
Rating: 10
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Equipment Operator Constr
Equipment Operator Constructionman Dan Lasich from Rosenberg, OR, flattens out ground at Camp Wedge, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FOUR (NMCB FOUR). Forward Operating Base in Albania. NMCB Four will be doing 25 miles of roadwork near Kukes, Albania in support of Operation Shining Hope. Operation Shining Hope is the multinational NATO and U.S. operation bringing food and shelter to thousands of Kosovo refugees. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Brian McFadden.
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 12:30am
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C-2A Greyhound
Function: Description: Twin-engine cargo aircraft, designed to land on aircraft carriers.
History: The C-2 Greyhound is a derivative of the E-2 Hawkeye and replaced the piston-engined C-1 Trader in the Carrier On-board Delivery role. The C-2 shares wings, power plants and empennage with the E-2 Hawkeye, but has a widened fuselage with a rear loading ramp. The first of two prototypes flew in 1964 and production began the following year. The original C-2A aircraft were overhauled to extend their operational life in 1973. In 1984, a contract was awarded for 39 new C-2A aircraft to replace earlier the airframes. Dubbed the Reprocured C-2A due to the similarity to the original, the new aircraft include substantial improvements in airframe and avionic systems. All the older C-2As were phased out in 1987, and the last of the new models was delivered in 1990. During the period November 1985 to February 1987, VR-24, operating with seven Reprocured C-2As, demonstrated exceptional operational readiness while delivering two million pounds of cargo, two million pounds of mail and 14,000 passengers in support of the European and Mediterranean theatres. The C-2A also provided support to the carrier battle groups during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, as well as during the recent operations in Kosovo.
Description: The C-2A Greyhound provides critical logistics support to aircraft carriers. Its primary mission is Carrier On-Board delivery. Powered by two PT-6 turboprop engines, the C-2A can deliver a payload of up to 10,000 pounds. The cabin can readily accommodate cargo, passengers or both. It is also equipped to accept litter patients in medical evacuation missions. Priority cargo such as jet engines can be transported from shore to ship in a matter of hours. A cage system or transport stand provides cargo restraint for loads during carrier launch or landing. The large aft cargo ramp and door and a powered winch allow straight-in rear cargo loading and downloading for fast turnaround. The C-2A's open-ramp flight capability allows airdrop of supplies and personnel from a carrier-launched aircraft. This, plus its folding wings and an on-board auxiliary power unit for engine starting and ground power self-sufficiency in remote areas provide an operational versatility found in no other cargo aircraft.
General Characteristics, C-2A Greyhound
Contractor:
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Unit Cost:
$38.96 million
Length:
57 feet 7 inches (17.3 meters)
Height:
17 feet (5 meters)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
57,000 pounds (25,650 kilograms)
Crew:
Four
Power Plant:
Two Allison T-56-A-425 turboprop engines; 4,600 shaft horsepower each
Maximum Cruising Speed:
300 knots (345 mph, 553 kph)
Ceiling:
30,000 feet (9,100 meters)
Range:
1,300 nautical miles (1,495 statute miles)
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 6:40pm
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RQ-1 Predator Medium Alti
Function: Medium altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
History: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are either remotely or autonomous pilotless drones typically used for reconnaissance. UAVs can trace their roots back to the AQM-34N Firebee. Derived from the Ryan Aeronautical Company Firebee sub-sonic target drone, the AQM-34N had a range of more than 2,400 miles, could fly above 65,000 feet, and had a top speed of 420 miles per hour. During the Vietnam war the Firebee recon drones were made more maneuverable and equipped with electronic countermeasures and jamming equipment to defend them from surface to air missiles and air interception.
UAVs are generally equipped with a payload bay which can house a variety of sensor packages, allowing mission planners to tailor the UAV's sensors for a specific mission requirement.
UAVs are generally divided into two categories: Tactical and Endurance. Tactical UAVs typically have a range of at least 200km while Endurance UAVs have a range beyond 200km.
Background: The RQ-1 Predator Medium Altitude Endurance (MAE) UAV was introduced in May 1995 as a proof of concept demonstrator. The RQ-1A/B Predator is a system, not just an aircraft. The fully operational system consists of four air vehicles (with sensors), a ground control station (GCS), a Predator primary satellite link communication suite and 55 people.
The Predator air vehicle and sensors are commanded and controlled by its GCS via a C-band line-of-sight data link or a Ku-band satellite data link for beyond-line-of-sight operations. During flight operations the crew in the GCS is an air vehicle operator and three sensor operators. The aircraft is equipped with a color nose camera (generally used by the air vehicle operator for flight control), a day variable aperture TV camera, a variable aperture infrared camera (for low light/night) and a synthetic aperture radar for looking through smoke, clouds or haze. The cameras produce full motion video and the synthetic aperture radar produces still frame radar images. On the RQ-1B, either the daylight variable aperture or the infrared electro-optical sensor may be operated simultaneously with the synthetic aperture radar.
Since introduction, the Predator has performed over 600 missions in support of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia. The Predator was deployed to Kosovo in 1999 as part of the air war. During this deployment the Predator performed intelligence gathering, target acquisition and tracking, and battlefield coordination.
Based on lessons learned in the Kosovo air war, where the lapse of time between target acquisition and the arrival of aircraft to destroy the target was so great that many targets were able to evade destruction, the Predator was armed with AGM-114 Hellfire laser guided missiles. In a February 2001 test, a Hellfire armed Predator successfully engaged and destroyed a target tank at Indian Springs auxiliary airfield in Nevada.
In October 2001 Hellfire capable Predators were deployed to Afghanistan to perform intelligence gathering, target acquisition, tracking, and, when armed, attack missions.
Description: The Predator air vehicle is a single wing, single engine platform. The fuselage is slender, except for the bulbous nose which houses most of the vehicles sensors. The single wing is centrally mounted low on the body and is of a high aspect ratio design. The motor is a Rotax 912 four-cylinder engine, which runs on 100-octane gasoline, produces 81 horsepower and is mounted in the tail section of the aircraft in a pusher configuration. The two rear "tailerons" are mounted in an inverted configuration on the fuselage just forward of the engine.
?General Characteristics, RQ-1 Predator MAE UAV
Prime Contractor:
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Incorporated
Power Plant:
Rotax 912 four cylinder 100 octane aviation gasoline engine; 81 horsepower
Wingspan:
48.7 feet (14.8 meters)
Length:
27 feet (8.22 meters)
Height:
6.9 feet (2.1 meters)
Service Ceiling:
25,000 feet (7,620 meters)
Speed:
Cruising: 84 mph (70 knots)
Maximum: 140 mph (120 knots)
Range:
454 miles (726 km)
Endurance:
16 hours on station at maximum range
Sensors:
Versatron Skyball Model 18 electro-optic/infrared with a zoom lens and a spotter lens.
Westinghouse 783R234 synthetic aperture radar
Weight:
Empty: 950 lbs.(431kg)
Gross: 2,250 lbs.(1,020.6 kg)
Load:
450 pounds (204.1 kilograms)
Unit Cost:
$25 million
Date Deployed:
May 1995
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tango35
Sat July 31, 2004 2:04pm
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EW-GeArmy-Hummel
Electronical Warfare Tank Hummel German Army-Prizren Kosovo2004
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brittonmre
Sun December 10, 2006 2:42pm
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Sgt. Todd Grenoziak, Spc.
Sgt. Todd Grenoziak, military policeman, and Spc. Britton Moore, military policeman, 501st MP Co., and Sgt. Rob Couture, broadcast journalist, 13th PAD, help an injured reporter after the town of Krivenik, Kosovo was hit by mortar fire on March 29.
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