The 461st Air Control Wing is responsible to the Commander, Air Combat Command, for operations, maintenance, logistics, training and combat support of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR) aircraft, supporting Combatant Commanders. It provides combat-ready theater battlespace management forces at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, operating and supporting these forces worldwide, ensuring combat capability for all operations as required by a Combatant Commander in accordance with the unit's Designed Operational Capability (DOC).