Staff Sgt. Jesse Egert, a flight engineer assigned

Staff Sgt. Jesse Egert, a flight engineer assigned to the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, performs a pre-flight inspection of an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft June 12, 2017, at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, prior to a mission supporting the BALTOPS 2017 exercise. The E-3 Sentry and nearly 100 Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group are deployed in support of BALTOPS 2017, which is the first time a U.S. E-3 Sentry has supported a NATO exercise in 20 years. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Caleb Wanzer)