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  • JSTARS operators put new technology to the test

    E-8C Joint STARS operators recently trained for and started testing a new capability that will allow them to receive and transmit crucial data to more joint agencies at a farther distance than ever before.The Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol; known as JREAP-C, is currently being tested by

  • 116th ACW Guardsmen receive a host of honors

    More than 70 Georgia Air National Guard members from the 116th Air Control Wing were honored on Feb. 9 for their accomplishments, heroism and sacrifice during a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation.Maj. Gen. James Butterworth, adjutant general, Georgia National Guard, presided over the events

  • Robins location, operation instrumental to multi-service exercise

    It doesn't happen often but when it does, it's invaluable. Such was the case last week when the Iron Triad sat poised and ready for action on the Team Joint STARS flight line. The triad--which includes the Joint STARS E-8C, the AWACS E-3 and the Rivet Joint RC-135 aircraft--were at Robins Air Force

  • JSTARS officer wins ANG Sijan Award

    A Joint STARS operations officer recently won the Air National Guard Lance P. Sijan Award in the senior officer category.Maj. Amy Holbeck distinguished herself as the assistant director of operations, 116th Operations Support Squadron, 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard; expertly

  • JSTARS Recapitalization

    The Air Force will replace, rather than upgrade, the E-8C JSTARS fleet, said Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh and other senior Air Force leaders at AFA's Air and Space Conference last week. "We think the first thing we need to do is recapitalize JSTARS," following the Air Force's top three acquisition

  • JSTARS trains in world-wide exercise from the comfort of home

    Team JSTARS spent the week participating in a worldwide training exercise called Coalition Virtual Flag 13-4 without a single E-8C Joint STARS aircraft leaving the ground.During the weeklong exercise, aviators from the 461st Air Control Wing and exercise planners from the 116th Air Control Wing, put

  • Quick-acting Georgia Guardsmen save woman's life

    What should have been a routine flight to McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nev., turned into a lifesaving opportunity for three members of the 116th Security Forces Squadron headed to a pre-deployment training exercise at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Aug 22.Security forces personnel were

  • Training keeps Georgia Guardsmen skills relevant at war and home

    Members of the Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Civil Engineering Squadron participated in Mission Essential Equipment Training at Dobbins Air Reserve Base from July 29 through August 2, 2013.Approximately 50 unit members, representing all Air Force Specialty Codes within the Civil Engineering

  • Joint STARS reach 85,000 combat sortie hours

    SOUTHWEST ASIA -- The 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron here reached 85,000 flight hours, Aug. 17, in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. This milestone was achieved on an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or JSTARS

  • Guardsman rescues children from bus

    Senior Airman Joey DeFore helped rescue six children from an overturned school bus after it slid into a ditch and rolled onto its side Thursday, in Warner Robins."It was chaotic," said DeFore, a 116th Air Control Wing member. "The children were screaming and crying as they hung from their