I'm putting in a lot of aircrew stories of the things the aircraft did
Perhaps for a different perspective you should also ask for crewchief/groundcrew anecdotes. You'd sell more copies as it would appeal to a larger audience and be funnier (probably).
Closest I got to an AEW was volunteering and being selected as a Flying Air Radar Technician (FART) even although I was Nav Inst. Never heard any more though.