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Staff Sgt. Stacy Fowler

Maj. Jonathan Williams, 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron mission crew commander, discusses pre-flight issues with Tech. Sgt. Thomas Cotton, also with the 963rd
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RCAF Commander Visits Tinker

Capt. Justin Boates, right, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, briefs LGen Al Meinzinger, commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, during the general’s recent visit to the 552nd Air Control Wing. Looking on is Chief Warrant Officer Dennis Gaudreault, RCAF command chief warrant officer.
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AWACS

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- About 45 people deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., are working together at a forward-deployed location to ensure the E-3 Sentry, better known as the Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft or AWACS, is ready to launch within an hour if needed. (Courtesy photo)
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AWACS

FILE PHOTO -- An E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., flies a mission. The E-3 Sentry is modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome. The dome is 30 feet in diameter, 6 feet thick and is held 11 feet above the fuselage by two struts. It contains a radar subsystem that permits surveillance from the Earth's surface up into the stratosphere, over land or water. The radar has a range of more than 200 miles for low-flying targets and farther for aerospace vehicles flying at medium to high altitudes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John K. McDowell)
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552nd Air Control Wing supports hurricane relief efforts

OVER LOUISIANA -- Capt. Jeff Dale (left) and 1st Lt. John Zanfardino track search-and-rescue aircraft here Sept. 7 in an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft. The air weapons officers usually track fighter aircraft on their radars. They are assigned to the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Fowler)
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Patrolling

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- An E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control systems aircraft refuels off the western coast of Ecuador before patrolling the sky over South America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)
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552nd Air Control Wing supports hurricane relief efforts

OVER LOUISIANA -- Senior Airman David Giles keeps track of search-and-rescue aircraft on his radar in an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft Sept. 7. He is an airborne surveillance technician from the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Fowler)
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AWACS support

BASE AERONAVAL COMMANDANTE ESPORA, Argentina (AFPN) -- The sun rises over an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft here. Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., deployed to Argentina to provide airborne surveillance for the Summit of the Americas. President George Bush and 33 North and South American leaders convened to discuss solutions to common political, economic and social problems. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Corinna M. Jones)
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Track Santa

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFPN) -- Today, members of the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron prepare for a Christmas Eve Santa tracking mission. Airborne warning and control systems crews will provide additional surveillance as part of Operation Track Santa. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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