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Forward air controllers from Regimental Combat Team 1 used GPS connected binoculars to acquire target distances during a Tactical Air Control Party training exercise, Nov. 13, 2008 in al Anbar Province, Iraq. The FACs relayed grid coordinates and target locations to a myriad of aircraft flying overhead. The exercise was conducted to refresh both FACs and pilots on the tactics and skills necessary for a successful combined arms engagement from aircraft to ground targets.
081113-M-0000C-003.jpg Photo By: Cpl. Nicholas J. Lienemann

Nov 13, 2008
Forward air controllers from Regimental Combat Team 1 used GPS connected binoculars to acquire target distances during a Tactical Air Control Party training exercise, Nov. 13, 2008 in al Anbar Province, Iraq. The FACs relayed grid coordinates and target locations to a myriad of aircraft flying overhead. The exercise was conducted to refresh both FACs and pilots on the tactics and skills necessary for a successful combined arms engagement from aircraft to ground targets.


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