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An Air Force-sponsored aerostat hovers at the end of its tether above the island. The radar-equipped aerostat is used for long-range air surveillance

An Air Force-sponsored aerostat hovers at the end of its tether above the island. The radar-equipped aerostat is used for long-range air surveillance. (SUBSTANDARD)

An Air Force land-based aerostat is used to monitor ship and aircraft movement along the Florida coast

Two Marines operate the air support radar set. The radar is used to lock-on the aircraft during bombing missions

Aerial view, from the port side of the amidships section of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV 43) near the former island. The top of the structure is the former flight deck. Below the wide band of white is the hangar deck level. The ship is in the late stages of being scrapped out

A view of a radar antenna at the RAF Watton eastern radar installation for air traffic control operations. The base is jointly used by the British and the US Air Force/Army

An aerial view of the island, which is being used as home base by the Military Airlift Command for Airlift Operations Project '81

Search and rescue air crewmen assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are hoisted into an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter.

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor missile is launched from Meck Island.

An Air Force-sponsored aerostat hovers at the end of its tether above the island. The radar-equipped aerostat is used for long-range air surveillance

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Base: Key West

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kettenhoffen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/11/1989
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