Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lauren Swanson, with the 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), Georgia Air National Guard, loads an Internal Airlift/Helicopter Slingable Container Unit (ISU) on a trailer as Staff Sgt. Edwin Chapman, left, and Airman 1st Class Alexander Pease-Ingersoll, both with the 461st ACW, standby to tie down the ISU for a simulated deployment during Exercise Razor Blade 18-02 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 6, 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 th


Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lauren Swanson, with the 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), Georgia Air National Guard, loads an Internal Airlift/Helicopter Slingable Container Unit (ISU) on a trailer as Staff Sgt. Edwin Chapman, left, and Airman 1st Class Alexander Pease-Ingersoll, both with the 461st ACW, standby to tie down the ISU for a simulated deployment during Exercise Razor Blade 18-02 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 6, 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 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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