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  • The E-3 Sentry Puzzle: Air and Senior Surveillance Technicians

    There are many people in the 552nd Air Control Wing who aid in each successful E-3 Sentry mission, and every person is an integral piece of the big wing puzzle: communications, maintenance, flyers and the Airmen who support them. Like all the other pieces of the AWACS puzzle, the air and senior

  • Keeping ‘Eyes of the Eagle’ flying

    When the E-3 Sentry conducts its missions at home and around the world, every Airman in the 552nd Air Control Wing has their own part in guaranteeing the mission's success. Many maintainers in the 552nd Maintenance Group have a motto: "Without maintenance, flyers are just pedestrians with cool

  • ‘Transformers: The Movie’ has 965th seeing stars

    (Editor's Note: For those who have not seen "Transformers: The Movie," several details of the plot are included in the following story.) How many military personnel get the chance to be in a Hollywood movie? Not many - most movies have actors and actresses portraying military members. But what would

  • Airmen, drug runners play game of cat and mouse

    Airmen play a constant game of cat and mouse with the drug runners they search for who try sneaking their cargo into the United States. Sometimes the Airmen win and sometimes they lose. But they always try to find ways to beat the odds using a combination of sophisticated E-3 Sentry and other

  • Maintainers save man-hours with AFSO21 changes to E-3 inspections

    When aircraft maintainers think of inspections, their minds can go crazy with thoughts of preparation and increased workload. However, the men and women of the 552nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron Maintenance Flight here at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., saw the E-3 Sentry Isochronal Inspection

  • 552nd Air Control Wing lends helping hand to community

    In the past year members of the 552nd Air Control Wing have helped out their local communities in big ways. From food to shelter to education, Airmen from the wing have stepped up to the plate and hit a home run that has affected the lives of people all over the Oklahoma City area. "What better way

  • The E-3 Sentry Puzzle: mission crew commanders

    (Editor's note: The E-3 Sentry Puzzle is a series of stories with a new section feature released every month.) There are many people in the 552nd Air Control Wing that aid in each successful E-3 Sentry mission, and every person is an integral piece of the big wing puzzle: communications,