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A soldier fires a FIM-92 Stinger during an air defense live-fire exercise.

Stinger Launch

Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade fire an FIM-92 Stinger short-range air-defense surface-to-air missile system during a live-fire exercise alongside soldiers with the Croatian Air Defense Regiment at Kamenjak near Medulin, Croatia, April 8, 2022. This training is part of Exercise Shield 22, an annual joint training on air-defense tactics, techniques and procedures for air-space control, deconfliction and surveillance, and targeting and live-fire engagement against flying objects at low and medium altitudes.

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