JSTARS is over... Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder.. Some weeks back there was an interesting UHH post about JSTARS (I live nearby and spent a few months supporting the program).

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JSTARS is over... Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder...

Nov 17, 2023 10:19:17 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Some weeks back there was an interesting UHH post about JSTARS (I live nearby and spent a few months supporting the program). Thought I would follow up with the last chapter, at Robins AFB, for this aircraft, its people, and its mission.

These pictures are NOT taken by me. The pictures and article, below, are from the Facebook page of the 116th Air Control Wing, Robins AFB.

116th Air Control Wing

✨Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder..✨
The last E-8C JSTARS aircraft, #9111, departed Robins AFB yesterday for the final time. This aircraft landed safely at Kelly Field, Texas, and will be used there as a training aircraft for many generations of Airmen to come. ✈️
James Ireson, former crew chief, and Jeremiah DeLoach, former instruments & flight control, both had the opportunity to marshal the departing plane. Both members were prior 116th!
Thank you to everyone that made this mission the success that it is. 💪

Nov 17, 2023 10:39:56 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Nov 17, 2023 12:38:57 #

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Cool set

Nov 17, 2023 18:51:41 #

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Don

Nov 18, 2023 00:29:54 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Thanks so much for posting - I was the poster of the JSTARS thread. Would have loved to get aboard them one last time.

Nov 18, 2023 01:27:46 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

TriX wrote:

Thanks so much for posting - I was the poster of the JSTARS thread. Would have loved to get aboard them one last time.

Nov 18, 2023 01:28:00 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

PAR4DCR wrote:

Don

Nov 18, 2023 01:28:24 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Curmudgeon wrote:

Cool set

Nov 18, 2023 01:28:39 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Longshadow wrote:

Nov 18, 2023 08:56:46 #

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

KillroyII wrote:

Some weeks back there was an interesting UHH post ... (show quote)

Nov 18, 2023 10:26:05 #

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good set, Killroy.

Nov 18, 2023 11:11:49 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Bultaco wrote:

Nov 18, 2023 11:13:12 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Earnest Botello wrote:

Very good set, Killroy.

Thanks... but I just chose the pictures, didn't take them.

Nov 18, 2023 11:21:08 #

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

TriX wrote:

Thanks so much for posting - I was the poster of the JSTARS thread. Would have loved to get aboard them one last time.

Thanks again for your feedback. Feel a little better now so I will type a few words. I had planned to both attend the event and try to position myself to get some pictures in the air. I did not get to do either. I did see, as I got out of my car at home, them fly over the city... but there wasn't time to get my camera and get a shot.

I don't know as much about the new program/plane but I may get some stuff from the base and post some of that. The new plane/program is BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node)... a much smaller plane/crew and I think they tweaked the mission a bit.

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