KADENA AIR BASE.


KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Working in the stealth of night just got a little easier thanks to just discovered night vision goggles. Officially called PVS-21 the power vision establish offers unparalleled ease and high quality gentle light vision.

These recently made known spectacles aren't cheap. Tech. Sgt Jeremy Hardy, a lusty Green pararescueman from the 33rd set free Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, said, "They preciousness as much as a modern compact car, but they can be a real lifesaver."

They can automatically do a hands-free switch from regular to intensified light vision, allowing operators as it is as Hardy to stay focused onward the job. Typical night vision gear, onward the other hand, shuts most distant to protect its electronics when light memorizes too bright.

"The fresh goggles are worth their weight in gold" Hardy said. "If I'm in the field and one as well as the other my hands are busy stopping a someone from bleeding to death, I don't want my roll the eyess to go blank."

Rugg and adaptable, the fresh goggles, made by Specialized Technical Services of Beaver cove Ohio, come with near-vision lense in this way people like Hardy don't levy an intravenous needle in their avow hand instead of their patient's. When special operators ne to heavens jump into battle, the roll the eyess can be fitted with a heads-up-display to view altitude and global positioning a whole data while watching a moon-lit Earth rushing up at them.



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