Posted: 09/01/2008
Sgt. Dustin Scott, unmanned aerial system maintainer, prepares a Shadow UAS for launch Aug. 15, 2008 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu. Task Force 49's UAS unit, Quicksilver Troop, 4th Squadron, 3rd Air Cavalry Regiment, maintains a fleet of 12 Shadow aircraft, which can survey all corners of the Multi-National Division-Center area of operations - a region about the size of West Virginia.