Cottonbalers, Mustangs Team Up To Protect Soldiers With Unmanned Aerial Systems

October 14, 2013

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment and 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, teamed up to fly their small unmanned aerial systems in order to combat the indirect fire threat at Forward Operating Base Shank, Aug. 14, while they braved the heat and sun.

The Soldiers routinely fly their Puma and Raven SUAS with a high degree of safety and success to search for enemies of Afghanistan, who plan and prepare attacks on U.S. and Afghan bases.

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