Dec. 7, 2016 AWACS puts eyes in skies over Tyndall to support Checkered Flag 17-1/Combat Archer 17-3 The 552nd Air Control Wing from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., deployed an E-3 Sentry and more than 80 Airmen to Tyndall AFB to provide command, control and communications support during a large scale aerial exercise.