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  • An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System returns at sunset from a combat mission Sept. 12, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

    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 commander and Joint STARS aircraft commander, pulled back the flight controls and lifted the aircraft from the runway on the last Joint STARS sortie leaving Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, marking the end of an era.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ambrasia Washington, right, and Kayla Akers from the 116th Air Control Wing (ACW) Services Flight, Georgia Air National Guard (ANG), prepare trays of spaghetti during dinner preparation for joint-forces personnel supporting the 58th Presidential Inauguration, Washington, D.C., January 18, 2017. A team of 10 Airmen from the 116th ACW deployed with their Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT). Working from FedEx Field, home to the Washington Redskins, the team worked along side services teams from other ANG units across the nation preparing and serving meals to about 3,500 joint-force members per day deployed to the National Capital Region. In all, about 7,500 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from 44 states, three territories and the District of Columbia, served with the specially created Joint Task Force – District of Columbia. As a whole, National Guard Soldiers and Airmen augmented the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police forces on a range of support including traffic control, crowd management, logistics and communication. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

    'GA Air Guard supports 58th Presidential Inauguration

    A group of mostly young first-term Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard showcased their culinary skills on a national scale supporting the 58th Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump.
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