Story by Lt. Col. Gabe Johnson | 161st Air Refueling Wing | 11.16.2015
Photos worth 1,000 words are an efficient way to capture the delicate skill and dedicated teamwork required to transfer 40,000 pounds of fuel from one aircraft to another at 28,000 feet....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Richard Longoria | NATO E-3A Component | 08.27.2015
The E-3A Component had three special visitors take a trip down memory lane. Retired Col. Garry M. Long, retired Lt. Col. Walter Ludwig, and retired Lt. Col. Peter von Grobbeck, toured NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, on Aug. 27, 2015....
Courtesy Story | NATO E-3A Component | 07.31.2015
It’s almost if weather elements, mainly the heat and wind, absorbed all life that once enabled these aircraft to fly. Like mummies, patched with white coating, they are parked in orderly rows on sandy terrain, in a blasting sun. Most liquids have been drained, valuable parts have been removed. Some aircraft are waiting for a second chance to be brought back to life, while others are waiting......
Courtesy Story | NATO E-3A Component | 07.13.2015
Squadron 2 from the E-3A Component participated in the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton Air Day 2015 on July 11, 2015 in Somerset, England. The air day was held to celebrate the 75 “glorious” years of RNAS Yeovilton....
Courtesy Story | NATO E-3A Component | 06.22.2015
On June 18, 2015, NATO 40 departed Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany, bound for Deblin, Poland, in response to the invitation for the E-3A Component participates in the 90th Anniversary Jubilee for the Polish Air Force Academy, whose theme for the occasion was “90 Years – The school of Eaglets.”...
Story by Tech. Sgt. Richard Longoria | NATO E-3A Component | 06.22.2015
Even with more than 10,000 successful sorties flown since the first NATO AWACS took off from the Forward Operating Base Konya on Oct. 25, 1983, the FOB continues to prove it is a qualified, reliable base with high standards....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Richard Longoria | NATO E-3A Component | 06.19.2015
The command of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force and the NATO E-3A Component has changed during a ceremony on the June 19, 2015, at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen....
Courtesy Story | NATO E-3A Component | 06.11.2015
It’s Monday morning 0830. The OPS building at Forward Operating Location Ørland is crowded with people. About 50 crew members are working together doing mission planning for their first flight during exercise Arctic Challenge. Updates keep coming in and before they know it they are stepping into their jet....
