Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Estergard, a crew chief with the 461st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects an engine on an E-8C Joint STARS during a pre-launch inspection during Exercise Razor Blade 18-02 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 8, 2018. The exercise was a readiness assessment meant to evaluate and measure Team JSTARS ability to rapidly deploy and employ combat ready Airmen and airpower. The focus of the exercise revolved around processing people, cargo, and the E-8C Joint STARS. Team JSTARS, consisting of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), active d

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Estergard, a crew chief with the 461st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects an engine on an E-8C Joint STARS during a pre-launch inspection during Exercise Razor Blade 18-02 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 8, 2018. The exercise was a readiness assessment meant to evaluate and measure Team JSTARS ability to rapidly deploy and employ combat ready Airmen and airpower. The focus of the exercise revolved around processing people, cargo, and the E-8C Joint STARS. Team JSTARS, consisting of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), active duty 461st ACW, and Army JSTARS, provides manned joint airborne command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and combat support forces to meet state and national objectives. ( Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

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