Air Force Staff Sgt. Chase Shands from the 380th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares to marshal an E-3 Sentry aircraft for takeoff from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Nov. 23, 2010. The E-3 is an Airborne Warning and Control System AWACS that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications. Sergeant Shands is deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Staff Sgt. Eric Harris

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