TACP tests new field equipment

Senior Airman Nicholas Halladay tests out a new head mounted display screen attached to a MR-1 computer. The system helps him see information from the computer while also enabling him to see down range May 5, 2008, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska during Northern Edge 08 exercise. Tactical Air Control Party Airmen are helping test new experimental equipment in the field. After several tests, they are providing feedback on how the equipment worked if any improvements could be made before the equipment will be used in combat situations years from now. Northern Edge is a joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command and is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that prepare joint forces to respond to crises in the Asian Pacific region. Airman Halladay is a TACP assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operation Squadron from Fort Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)