AFMC Command News

  • JSTARS crew critical to safe recovery at Kadena Air Base

    What happened on September 23, 2022, to an Air Combat Command Squadron crew based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is a survival story that brings together the importance of training, bravery, teamwork and cool heads prevailing in a hot situation.

  • Robins AFB takes next step in establishing new missions

    Air Force leaders today announced one step forward in the delivery of battlespace command and control. The Air Force has completed two necessary environmental assessments, with a finding of no significant impact, that will lead to four new missions at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

  • Robins to begin retiring JSTARS

    The Air Force authorized Air Combat Command and the Georgia Air National Guard Dec. 6 to start divesting the E-8 JSTARS fleet beginning with four aircraft in fiscal year 2022.

  • Exercise SENTRY REX: More robust than ever

    Joint-service exercise, SENTRY REX 20-3, was back for its third iteration August 23-28, and was more robust than ever.The exercise, hosted by the 552nd Air Control Wing, specialized on Combat Search and Rescue mission integration.Units and assets involved in the exercise included E-3 Sentry Airborne

  • Team JSTARS maintainers design tool saving Air Force estimated $500k yearly

    Eight Airmen from Team JSTARS at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, recently designed an innovative tool estimated to save the Air Force nearly $500k a year in cowling repairs for the E-8C Joint STARS aircraft. The cowling fixture table, an approved tool intended for field-level repairs, was a response

  • JSTARS crew training maximizes Airmen versatility

      A group of Team JSTARS Airmen at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is going through training to do more for the Air Force. Aircrews for the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System are going through Cross-Utilization Training. Ten active duty avionics specialists are training on how to be

  • One E-8C JSTARS to undergo organic depot maintenance

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  The Air Force plans to bring an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, better known as JSTARS, into the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Georgia, for Programmed Depot Maintenance by Summer 2018.   The move would increase PDM

  • JSTARS Recap program takes next step with RFP release

    The Air Force is well on its way to replacing a critical airborne battle management command and control weapon system with the Dec. 28, 2016 release of the Development request for proposal, or RFP, for the JSTARS Recapitalization program.