JSTARs: numbers don’t lie
Senior Airman Zachary Palo, 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems airborne radar technician, checks his oxygen mask prior to take-off at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on Sept. 30, 2019. The E-8C JSTARS Airmen executed airborne command and control to support force protection, defensive operations, over-watch and combat search and rescue missions in the U.S. Air Force Central Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley L. Gardner)