1/18/2013 - U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Craig Black, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron air weapons officer, gives a briefing about the E-3 Sentry, a modified Boeing 707, to Japan Air Self-Defense Force cadets on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2013. The JASDF members received the briefing prior to joining E-3 Sentry maintainers on the flightline to tour the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Hailey R. Davis)
1/18/2013 - U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Thomas Braxton, 909th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, explains the purpose behind lights underneath the KC-135 Stratotanker to Japan Air Self-Defense Force cadets on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2013. The KC-135 Stratotanker’s principal mission is air refueling and greatly enhances the Air Force’s capability to accomplish its primary missions of Global Reach and Global Power. JASDF members joined Braxton on the flightline and received a tour of the aircraft as part of their visit to Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Hailey R. Davis)
1/18/2013 - A Japan Air Self-Defense Force cadet observes oxygen tanks on an E-3 Sentry, a modified Boeing 707 on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2013. The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by U.S. and allied air defense forces commanders. The JASDF cadets received briefings on the E-3 Sentry, as well as a briefing on the KC-135 Stratotanker prior to taking tours of the aircraft during their visit to Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Hailey R. Davis)
1/18/2013 - Hiroaki Mori, an interpreter and English instructor to Japan Air Self-Defense Force cadets, asks U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Berkshire, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron radar lead technician, a question about a dial indication device on an E-3 Sentry at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2013. The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by U.S and other allied air defense forces commanders. The JASDF cadets received briefings on the E-3 Sentry, as well as a briefing on the KC-135 Stratotanker prior to taking tours of the aircraft during their visit to Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Hailey R. Davis)
