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  • Team JSTARS rated Excellent in ORI

         An "Excellent" rating was received by the 116th and 461st Air Control wings as part of a recent Operational Readiness Inspection conducted by over 70 professionals from Air Combat Command's Inspector General team.     "This year's successful ORI was the result of a lot of hard work by the

  • Tech. Sgt. Barry Duffield awarded 2nd Bronze Star Medal

    To say dealing with explosive devices is dangerous is an understatement. Yet, it's a daily reality for those deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Tech. Sgt. Barry Duffield, a 116th Air Control Wing Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight team leader, was recognized

  • Iron Dagger Joint Exercise involves multiple agencies across four states

    Iron Dagger Joint exercise involves multiple agencies across four statesBy Master Sgt. Roger ParsonsROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- A great idea and several months of preparation paid big dividends June 11 through 15 as units from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., launched exercise Iron Dagger 2012.The

  • Local Brownie Troop Supports Deployed JSTARS Members

    Local Brownie Troop Supports Deployed JSTARS MembersBrownie Troop 60136 from Lake Joy Elementary, Warner Robins, Ga., learned a valuable lesson in giving while Joint STARS flight crew members preparing to deploy were happy to be on the receiving end of 129 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.What started as

  • Team JSTARS provides help Family-2-Family for the holidays

    Team JSTARS continued a 25-year tradition with another successful Family-2-Family holiday project this year. More than 80 families received toys and a box of food for the holidays.The project, spearheaded by Lt. Col. Gwendolyn Badie, 116th Force Support Squadron commander, is a joint-effort

  • Joint STARS keeps watch as nearly nine-year war ends

    SOUTHWEST ASIA -- "That's incredible," 1st Lt. Carter Matherly, an air weapons officer from the 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron, said to himself as fellow aircrew members gathered around his screen to watch live video feed of the last U.S. combat forces convoy roll out of

  • ANG Leadership and Congressman view JSTARS in action

    During an orientation flight Dec. 5, Lt. Gen Harry Wyatt III, Air National Guard (ANG) director, Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth, Adjutant General of Georgia and Congressman Austin Scott, viewed first-hand the capabilities of the JSTARS platform.The group observed training scenarios at each battle station

  • 116th Medical Group Perfect at Operation Sunrise Rescue

    The 116th Medical Group (MDG) earned a perfect score in its recent Homeland Response Force Exercise Evaluation, Operation Sunrise Rescue, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla.The joint force exercise involving the 116th MDG from Robins, the Savannah Air Guard 165th MDG and other Georgia Guard

  • Team JSTARS reorganizes for new era

    Past and present 116th Air Control Wing members, dignitaries, family and friends filled the Museum of Aviation's Century of Flight Hangar Sept. 30 for a ceremony making the 116th Air Control Wing an active associate Air National Guard wing and activating the active duty 461st Air Control Wing.During

  • Joint STARS hits 70,000-hour mark in AOR

    A squadron deployed from the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., recently reached 70,000 flight hours in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron reached the milestone Sept. 25 in an E-8C