Kingpin maintainer ensures reliable power for OIF air operations controllers
Balad Air Base, Iraq - Airman Yana Overstreet, an Air Ground Equipment (AGE) maintainer, conducts a routine systems check of a generator at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Airman Overstreet is assigned to the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS) and is deployed from the 728th Air Control Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Also known as Kingpin, the self-sustaining 727th EACS is comprised of nealry 200 Airmen from 27 different Air Force specialties. AGE maintainers are critical to supplying unique power requirements to Kingpin's radar control equipment, ensuring positive control over aircraft operating in Iraq's 277,000 miles of airspace. (U.S. Air Force photo/Major Damien Pickart)
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