E-3 Sentry maintenance b-roll and interviews

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E-3 Sentry maintenance b-roll and interviews

Pacific Air Forces

May 12, 2021 | 5:16

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 961st Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform maintenance on an E-3 Sentry on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 12, 2021, in support of flight operations above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and Gulf of Alaska during Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). The E-3’s role is as an airborne warning and control system and is therefore commonly referred to as an AWACS. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members are participating in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces’ skills; to practice tactics, techniques, and procedures; to improve command, control and communication relationships; and to develop cooperative plans and programs. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. Michael Risinger)

Interview:
Senior Airman Markayla Powers
961st AMU
"Senior Airman Markayla Powers from the 961st. I was just taking off a fuel drain line that was leaking in flight on the way over here and we’re about to get it fixed. This is the second time we took it off. We took it off for troubleshooting and this time we’re taking it off to actually fix it since we have parts. The exercise has been great. We’ve made almost every sortie so, its been pretty good. Just major inspections, after flight inspections. Every time when it comes down we do a thorough inspection and find things we fix on the spot so we can make the next mission. I’ve learned how much the Air Force does. We do a lot and this plane controls a lot of the exercise."

1st Lt. Vic Garau
961st AMU
"1st Lieutenant Vic Garau with the 961st AMU out of Kedena. The role of the E-3 is to provide command and control in the air to help control the fighters who are fighting and doing their fights in the sky for the exercise. It's to make sure all the maintenance is accomplished on the aircraft and that it can go up there and do its mission. Our first crew show for our maintenance launch team is around zero three in the morning, 2:30 in the morning and then they’ll probably leave, depending on how much maintenance, around noon or earlier. Just depending on what’s going on. Then recovery shift will come in around 11:30 or noon and then depending on the maintenance come back around 12:00 or later depending. Just depending on what maintenance dictates. Communication with all entities on base, host units and third parties. Just making sure that plans are communicated clearly and well that we execute fast and move fast rather than slower and sooner rather than later because it’s a dynamic environment we’re working in and the soon we get the most information, and accurate information, the faster we can make better, informed and logical decisions. Again, hats off to our guys that are out here grinding day in and day out. This is impossible without them and the hard work they do every day."

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