Pilots with J-STARS crew members take off on a mission over Iraq on Sept. 1, 2008. This flight marked the 116th Air Control Wing’s Joint STARS 40,000 combat hours supporting the Global War on Terror. The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management, command and control, intelligence, and reconnaissance platform. J-STARS has been a mainstay in the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, compiling more than 66,000 hours in 5,200 combat missions since 2001.
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