SSgt. George Suonvieri checks out a Theater Airborne Reconnaissance System pod held in place by a giraffe stand at Balad AB on December 21st, 2008. TARS imagery helps ground commanders achieve tactical objectives. The dish in the foreground is a directional communications antenna. Suonvieri is one of four 332nd EAMXS avionics maintainers responsible for the 332nd EFS's TARS pods. Suonvieri, a native of Duluth, is deployed from the Minnesota ANG's 148th FW. [USAF photo by TSgt. Erik Gudmundson]
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News: TARS pod brings picture into focus [2008-12-29]
High above Iraq, Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over suspected terrorist areas, taking high-resolution images with a sophisticated photographic system contained inside a Theater Airborne Reconnaissance System -- or TARS -- pod.
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