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Dec. 1, 2021
461st ACNS equips JSTARS to support DoD warfighting mission

The 461st Air Control Networks Squadron with the 461st Air Control Wing provides the necessary means for the E-8C JSTARS aircraft to communicate with other agencies and branches through secure transmissions and give them the ability to navigate while in flight.
Feb. 19, 2021
JSTARS all-African American flight crew makes history

A crew of 33 E-8C Joint STARS aviators made history Feb. 19, when the first all-African American flight crew in JSTARS history flew from Robins Air Force Base on a training mission.
May 19, 2020
Virtual JSTARS: Training enters virtual reality

Virtual reality is coming to the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft in a collaboration with the 116th Air Control Wing and the 461st Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. A VR Maintenance and Operations Training Program has been created to supplement training
May 1, 2020
Eyes in the sky: Team JSTARS stays focused on mission, keeps warfighter support on target

U.S. adversaries are always at work, plotting our forces’ demise, but the 461st and 116th Air Control Wings are working together as an integrated force that always has the warfighter’s back around the clock.
Oct. 30, 2019
End of an Era: JSTARS flies last sortie out of CENTCOM

An 18-year long deployment of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, and the second longest deployment in U.S. Air Force history, came to an end Oct. 1, 2019.Just before sunrise, Col. Konata Crumbly, 116th Air Control Wing

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461st ACNS equips JSTARS to support DoD warfighting mission

JSTARS all-African American flight crew makes history

Virtual JSTARS: Training enters virtual reality

Eyes in the sky: Team JSTARS stays focused on mission, keeps warfighter support on target

End of an Era: JSTARS flies last sortie out of CENTCOM