U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Wagner, a ground radar systems technician with the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, inspects an AN/TPS-75 radar system at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2007. The system allows air battle managers at Balad Air Base, Iraq, to remotely see aircraft flying in Northern Iraq. DoD photo by Senior Airman Bradley A. Lail, U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Marks, left, and Christopher Newton test a display unit on an AN/TPS-75 radar system at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2007. The system allows air battle managers at Balad Air Base to remotely see aircraft f lying in Northern Iraq. Marks and Newton are both assigned as a ground radar systems technician with the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bradley A. Lail) Location: KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, KIRKUK IRAQ

US Air Force Master Sergeant Ronel Harvey, Non Commission Officer, Ground Radar System, 603rd Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, sets up the TPS-75 Early Warning Radar at Bovbjerg, Denmark. The 603rd is deployed to Denmark in support of an annual TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY Exercise "TFW" and a NATO AIR MEET. TFW and NATO AIR MEET are multinational exercises designed to practice and improve tactical capabilities in a combine training environment. 25 Aug 2000 (Photo DVIC)

US Air Force Master Sergeant Ronel Harvey, Non Commission Officer, Ground Radar System, 603rd Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, sets up the TPS-75 Early Warning Radar at Bovbjerg, Denmark. The 603rd is deployed to Denmark in support of the annual TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY Exercise "TFW" and a NATO AIR MEET. TFW and NATO AIR MEET are multinational exercises designed to practice and improve tactical capabilities in a combine training environment. 25 Aug 2000 (Photo DVIC)

US Air Force members of Ground Radar Systems Flight, 603rd Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, set up the TPS-75 Early Warning Radar at Bovbjerg, Denmark. The 603rd is deployed to Denmark in support of the annual TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY Exercise "TFW" and a NATO AIR MEET. TFW and NATO AIR MEET are multinational exercises designed to practice and improve tactical capabilities in a combine training environment. 25 Aug 2000 (Photo DVIC)

US Air Force Airman First Class Robert Palmer, 606th Air Control Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, checks the gauges in one of the squadron's operations modules in a radar van. The 606th ACS is set up in the exercise area of the operation to help enforce the no fly zone restrictions and to provide early warning of attacks during the LOCAL SALTY NATION Exercise at Spangdahlem AB, DEU. 15 Nov 2000 (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Esperanza Berrios)

Radar maintenance technician, Senior Airman (SRA) Elvis Santana, 606th Air Control Squadron (ACS), Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, performs an antenna receiver performance check on a TPS-75.Location: SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, RHEINLAND-PFALZ DEUTSCHLAND / GERMANY 12 Dec 2001 (Photo DVIC)

Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Jerry Joseph and SSGT Mark Crespo, both Aerospace Ground Radar Systems Craftsman assigned to 4414th Aircraft Control Squadron (ACS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, perform a periodic maintenance inspection (PMI), on an AN/TLQ-32 Anti-radiation Missile Decoy at Ali Salem Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998. 17 May 1998 (Photo DVIC)

Operations modules and radar systems belonging to 4414th Aircraft Control Squadron (ACS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, at Ali Salem Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998. 17 Mar 1998 (Photo DVIC)

Members of the 255th Air Control Squadron secure the Army-Navy Transportable Ground 75-Air Control and Warning Radar System in preparation for Roving Sands '96. The 255th Air Control Squadron, from Gulfport, Mississippi is responsible for assembling the radar and other communication satellites uplinks on the McGregor Range, New Mexico.Location: MCGREGOR TEST RANGE, NEW MEXICO 6 Jun 1996 (Photo DVIC)

116th ACS TPS-75 (Photo Ralph Lehman)

116th ACS TPS-75 (Photo Ralph Lehman)