ARMY FIELDING AIRCRAFT TO NEW 'TASK FORCE ODIN' IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS

/ August 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL -- The Army is establishing another organization of manned and unmanned assets to perform reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition missions in Afghanistan after a similar unit -- Task Force ODIN -- has seen success in Iraq. Although some capabilities are already on the ground, officials will begin delivering aircraft for the new unit, tentatively called Task Force ODIN-Afghanistan, in about six months, Col. Robert Carpenter, a program manager with the intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors program executive...

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