The ‘Eye in the Sky’ Keeps Soldiers Out of Harm’s Way

April 25, 2009

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, Kirkuk, Iraq - A group of insurgents wait in the dark to ambush a convoy. They sit patiently, eager, having planned the attack and thinking they know what to expect. A few minutes pass and then - suddenly - they are inexplicably blinded by spotlights as Soldiers seemingly from nowhere take advantage of their disorientation and safely disarm them. There was one thing that the attackers did not consider; the "eye in sky" that can see in the dark.

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