U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeron Bradshaw, a 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System crew chief, directs a towbar before the aircraft is towed from the hangar at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 22, 2022. The E-3 is a modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with an integrated command and control battle management, or C2BM, surveillance, target detection, and tracking platform. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit monitor an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System as the aircraft is towed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 22, 2022. The aircraft’s 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 Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit monitor an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System as the aircraft is towed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 22, 2022. The aircraft provides an accurate, real-time picture of the battlespace to the Joint Air Operations Center. AWACS provides situational awareness of friendly, neutral and hostile activity, command and control of an area of responsibility, battle management of theater forces, all-altitude and all-weather surveillance of the battle space, and early warning of enemy actions during joint, allied, and coalition operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chris Finch, a 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit aircraft hydraulics systems specialist, marshals an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 22, 2022. The E-3 Sentry’s crew consists of a flight crew of four, plus a mission crew of 13 to 19 specialists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chris Finch, a 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit aircraft hydraulics systems specialist, marshals an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 22, 2022. The E-3 is a modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with an integrated command and control battle management, or C2BM, surveillance, target detection, and tracking platform. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten)