961 Airborne Air Control Squadron Har Kadena Japan Base 18th Boeing E-3 Sentry

961 Airborne Air Control Squadron Har Kadena Japan Base 18th Boeing E-3 Sentry See pictures for details and condition. This is just for this blue hat. The 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron (AACS) of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan, currently operates the E-3 Sentry aircraft where teams of around 20 to 24 Airmen control air spaces throughout Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility. Their mission is to provide airborne command and control, long-range surveillance, detection and identification information in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. The 961st’s aircraft of choice, the Boeing E-3 Sentry is known to Airmen as the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). Its most notable feature is the 30-foot rotating radar atop its rear fuselage known as the rotodome. The rotodome’s function is to collect and relay critical information to surrounding U.S. and allied aerial assets.