There is an interesting feature story on the key members of an USAF AWACS crew at the link below. The story is built around the deployment of the 964th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron to the Manta Forward Operating Location in Ecuador in support of counter narco operations. You can read the story at http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123035975
Photo: Tech. Sgt. Erich Ross runs through operational checklists during an E-3 Sentry mission Dec. 21 over Ecuador. Sergeant Ross is a flight engineer with the 964th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Amber Balken)