USAF C-5s airlift a 500-member United Nations peacekeeping force from Canada to Turkey and Iraq to monitor a cease-fire agreement between the two countries.
When an E-3 Sentry battle management aircraft was damaged in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, it sparked a host of questions about one of the Air Force’s oldest, smallest, but most critical fleets. Experts say the service doesn’t have many options to answer those questions.