UAE C2 operators visit Kingpin

Airman 1st Class Derek Hilton (left), 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron weapons director, watches Col. Abdallah Ali Mohamed Al-Bloushi, United Arab Emirates Air Operations Center deputy commander, set up controls during a visit to the 727 EACS headquarters (Kingpin), August 24, 2020, in Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Command and control operations exchange is vital in strengthening the partnership between the UAE and U.S., while working to maximize capabilities in regards to mutual security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Taylor)

Lt. Col. Sulayman Al-Naqbi, United Arab Emirates Air Operations Center weapons director, discuss operations with Capt. Morgan Huttes, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron headquarters section lead, and Senior Airman Mariah Byrum, 727 EACS weapons director, during a visit to 727 EACS headquarters (Kingpin), August 24, 2020, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Command and control operations exchange is vital in strengthening the partnership between the UAE and U.S., while working to maximize capabilities in regards to mutual security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Taylor)

Lt. Col. Sulayman Al-Naqbi (center), a United Arab Emirates Air Operations Center weapons director, along with Col. Abdallah Ali Mohamed Al-Bloushi, U.A.E. AOC deputy commander, look into computer monitors during a visit to the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron headquarters (Kingpin), August 24, 2020, in Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Command and control operations exchange is vital in strengthening the partnership between the UAE and U.S., while working to maximize capabilities in regards to mutual security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Taylor)

Col. Abdallah Ali Mohamed Al-Bloushi, United Arab Emirates Air Operations Center deputy commander, discuss operations with Col. Kristen Thompson, 380th Expeditionary Operations Group commander, during a visit to the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron headquarters (Kingpin), August 24, 2020, in Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Command and control operations exchange is vital in strengthening the partnership between the UAE and U.S., while working to maximize capabilities in regards to mutual security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Taylor)

Col. Abdallah Ali Mohamed Al-Bloushi, United Arab Emirates Air Operations Center deputy commander, discuss operations with Col. Kristen Thompson, 380th Expeditionary Operations Group commander, and Capt. Christopher Dunn 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron section mission planning chief during a visit to the 727th EACS headquarters (Kingpin), August 24, 2020, in Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Command and control operations exchange is vital in strengthening the partnership between the UAE and U.S., while working to maximize capabilities in regards to mutual security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Taylor)