A pilot pre-flights an E-11A aircraft outfitted with a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node from the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2019. The payload allows command and control to get in contact with the troops on the ground to enable the mission accomplishment.

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