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Air Force Fields Communications Device For Air Strike Controllers On The Go

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Friday, December 21st, 2007

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By Michael Sirak The Air Force is sending a lightweight wireless communications device to combat units next week for the first time that will allow its ground personnel who call in air strikes to have a live overhead image of the intended target and its surroundings when they are dismounted from their tactical vehicles and coordinating an attack, service officials said yesterday. Weighing only four pounds, the ruggedized, small mobile television set will allow these combat controllers, while on the…

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