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Caption:
An E-8C Joint STARS aircraft departs from a deployed location in
Southwest Asia Nov. 30. The flight over Iraq marked 20,000 flying hours
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom by the Boeing 707 equipped with
the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System. Accomplishing that
feat since early 2003 have been the combined efforts of the 12th
Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 16th EACCS and
128th EACCS, all from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., during alternating
90-day rotations. The JSTARS is an airborne battle management aircraft
specializing in command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance gathering. Information gathered is passed in real time
to servicemembers on the ground conducting combat operations. (U.S. Air
Force photo/Senior Airman Ricky Best)
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