Through the window of an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, the seascape of the Persian Gulf is shown as the E-3 gains altitude during a combat air mission, Feb. 16. The E-3 is assigned to the 965th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. The airplane is deployed to the region from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.