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Members of the 93rd Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Robins AFB, Georgia, wait for the E-8C Joint STARS flight crew to complete their pre-flight checklt before moving away the ground support equipment during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "The E-8C Joint STARS an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, druption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary msion of Joint STARS to provide dedicated support of ground and air theater commanders." Operation ENDURING FREEDOM...
A member of the 93rd Aircraft Generation Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, waits for the E-8C JSTARS flight crew to start the engines before moving away the portable fire extinguisher during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary mission of Joint STARS to provide dedicated support of ground and air theater commanders." Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the...
Members of the 93rd Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Robins AFB, Georgia, use a Bobtail tractor to remove the ground power unit away from an E-8C JSTARS deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary mission of Joint STARS to provide dedicated support of ground and air theater commanders." Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on...
A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), lines up to hookup with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions
A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), lines up to hookup with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions
A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), hooks up with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions
Technical Sergeant Trevor Grissom, USAF, 93rd Aircraft Generation Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, gives the "thumbs up" to the pilot of a E-8C JSTARS during engine run up. The aircraft and personnel deployed in support of Operation ENDURING EDOM. "The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary mission of Joint STARS to provide dedicated support of ground and air theater commanders." Operation ENDURING...
A Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) E-8C aircraft comes in for a landing at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA) after returning from deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), hooks up with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions
An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS/JSTARS), Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, aircraft deployed to a base in Southwest Asia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary mission of Joint STARS to provide dedicated support of ground and air theater commanders." Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS/JSTARS), Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, aircraft deployed to a base in Southwest Asia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces. These functions support the primary mission of Joint STARS to provide dedicated support of ground and air theater commanders." Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tiffany Page, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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