Video by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea FitzPatrick | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 02.15.2022
1st Lt. Jonathan Bobbit, an air battle manager assigned to the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, discusses the mission of the an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) crew, after a routine mission on February 15, 2022. AWACS provides situational awareness of friendly, neutral and hostile activity, command and control......
Video by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez | United States Air Forces Central | 02.13.2022
A U.S. Air Force E-3G Sentry assigned to the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron flies above the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in support of Spears of Victory exercise, Feb. 13, 2022. The 968th EAACS mission involves delivering real-time tactical decision-making and battlefield awareness to U.S. and partner nations. Spears of Victory is a multinational large force air exercise led by......
Video by Senior Airman Brennen Lege | United States Air Forces Central | 06.30.2021
A U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron conducts a partner nation integration exercise with the Royal Saudi Air Force in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, June 30, 2021. Protecting U.S. and allied forces against unmanned aerial system attacks continues to be......
Video by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 03.12.2021
The 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron provides situational awareness of friendly, neutral and hostile activity in the command and control area of responsibility while also overseeing battle management of theater forces, all-altitude and all-weather surveillance of battle space, and early warning of enemy actions during joint, allied and coalition operations. (U.S. Air Force......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Williams | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 02.11.2020
In just 7-years the 968th EAACS or "Panthers" completed 50,000 combat flying hours since being activated with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 968th, which flies the E-3G Sentry, consists of members of the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force whom all fly out of Tinker AFB. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Williams)...
Video by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Williams | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.01.2020
Mission video for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing located at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 380th uniquely delivers all five Air Force core missions: rapid global mobility, global strike, air and space superiority, command control and intelligence, and surveillance and reconnaissance....
Video by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Williams | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.05.2019
Members of the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron conduct a combat sortie over Southwest Asia on Nov. 5, 2019 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. The squadron flies the Boeing E-3 Sentry, which provides early warning of enemy activity as well as control of friendly aircraft in the area of operation. The sortie included a daytime and nighttime aerial refuel with a KC-10 and a......
Video by Senior Airman Brandi Hansen | United States Air Forces Central | 04.05.2014
Aircrew with the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flew the E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) over Afghanistan on April 5, 2014 to provide airborne surveillance, command, control, and communications functions to aerial forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. On the ground, Afghanistan conducted its first democratic......
