Caption:
Airman Wallace Holden directs the pilot of this U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler
to the parking ramp area at Roswell, N.M. on April 18, 1997, during
exercise Roving Sands 97. More than 20,000 service members from
all branches of the armed forces of the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the
Netherlands are participating in Exercise Roving Sands 97. The
exercise is designed to refine their skills in operations using an
integrated air defense network of ground, missile and radar early
warning systems combined with tactical fighter and bomber aircraft
operating in a simulated high-threat environment. Holden is
deployed for the exercise from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
132, of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. DoD photo by
Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Batiz, U.S. Navy.
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