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JSTARS Aerospace Propulsion Mechanics

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Derek Cavanagh, left, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Goins, both aerospace propulsion mechanics with the 461st Air Control Wing (ACW), adjust fuel control rigging on a TF-33 engine for an E-8C Joint STARS at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 23, 2020. The 461st ACW, along with the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th ACW, and Army JSTARS, makes up Team JSTARS which provides geographic combatant commanders around the world with on-call battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, commonly referred to as C2ISR. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

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U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft from the 552nd Air Control Wing (ACW), Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, sit next to E-8C Joint STARS aircraft from Team JSTARS on the flightline at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 7, 2020. Airmen from the 552nd ACW have been mission planning and training alongside Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th ACW and active duty 461st ACW while the Oklahoma unit is on temporary duty at Robins Air Force Base. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

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Mercer University students help Team JSTARS with innovative approach to scheduling frustrations

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Vanessa Cox, the chief of scheduling with the 116th Operations Support Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, briefs Mercer University upperclassmen to explain scheduling processes of the E-8C Joint STARS at the Mercer campus in Macon, Ga., Oct. 8, 2019. The students from the computer science department worked on an innovation project to help reform the way JSTARS scheduling is run. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger.)

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Mercer University students help Team JSTARS with innovative approach to scheduling frustrations

U.S. Air Force Maj. Wendell Noble, the assistant director of operations with the 116th Operations Support Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, briefs Mercer University upperclassmen on an E-8C Joint STARS at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Oct. 15, 2019. The students from the computer science department worked on an innovation project to help reform the way JSTARS scheduling is run, and a behind-the-scenes look explained some current operating procedures. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Josiah Meece)

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Mercer University students help Team JSTARS with innovative approach to scheduling frustrations

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Scott, commander of the 116th Operations Support Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, explains forms used on an E-8C Joint STARS to Mercer University upperclassmen at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Oct. 15, 2019. The students from the computer science department worked on an innovation project to help reform the way JSTARS scheduling is run, and a behind-the-scenes look explained some current operating procedures. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger.)

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Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

A U.S. Air Force sheet metal technician with the 116th Air Control Wing aircraft structural maintenance section, Georgia Air National Guard, shows how a hydraulic press on the newly-created cowling fixture table is capable of precision maintenance April 3, 2019, at Robins AFB, Ga. Eight Airmen from Team JSTARS recently designed an innovative tool estimated to save the Air Force nearly $500k a year in cowling repairs for the aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger)

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Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph Pierce, a sheet metal technician with the 116th Air Control Wing aircraft structural maintenance section, Georgia Air National Guard, utilizes a hydraulic press with the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins AFB, Ga. Eight Airmen from Team JSTARS recently designed an innovative tool estimated to save the Air Force nearly $500k a year in cowling repairs for the aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger)

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Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph Pierce and Staff Sgt. Quinn Smith, sheet metal technicians with the 116th Air Control Wing aircraft structural maintenance section, Georgia Air National Guard, secure a Joint STARS cowling the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins AFB, Ga. Eight Airmen from Team JSTARS recently designed an innovative tool estimated to save the Air Force nearly $500k a year in cowling repairs for the aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger)

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Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Quinn Smith, a sheet metal technician with the 116th Air Control Wing aircraft structural maintenance section, Georgia Air National Guard, explains the capabilities of the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins AFB, Ga. Eight Airmen from Team JSTARS recently designed an innovative tool estimated to save the Air Force nearly $500k a year in cowling repairs for the aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger)

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Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th and 461st Air Control Wing(s) aircraft structural maintenance sections secure a cowling on the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins AFB, Ga. Eight Airmen from Team JSTARS recently designed an innovative tool estimated to save the Air Force nearly $500k a year in cowling repairs for the aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nancy Goldberger)

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Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

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Aerospace propulsion technicians at work

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class James Powell, left, and Tristan Embs, both aerospace propulsion technicians with the 461st Maintenance Squadron, 461st Air Control Wing (ACW), install an engine cowling on an E-8C Joint STARS at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 26, 2018. Team JSTARS, consisting of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th ACW, active duty 461st ACW, and Army JSTARS, provides manned joint airborne command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and combat support forces to meet state and national objectives. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

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Maintainers work on Joint STARS thrust reverser

Team JSTARS Aerospace Propulsion and Electrical Environmental Technicians work on a thrust reverser on an E-8C Joint STARS at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 26, 2018. Team JSTARS, consisting of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), active duty 461st ACW, and Army JSTARS, provides manned joint airborne command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and combat support forces to meet state and national objectives. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

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