E-3 Sentry AWACS and E-8C Joint STARS working together

An E-3 Sentry AWACS from the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron (AACS), 552nd Air Control Wing (ACW), Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, sits on the flightline next to an E-8C Joint STARS from Team JSTARS as an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft passes in the background at Robins AFB, Ga, Oct. 26, 2017. The 964th AACS, along with aircraft maintainers from the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and security forces Airmen from the 552nd ACW, flew out of Robins AFB while supporting Exercise Bold Quest. The exercise gave the 964th a chance to test new software and integrate with the E-8C Joint STARS. Team JSTARS, consisting the 116th ACW, Georgia Air National Guard, active duty Air Force 461st ACW, and ARMY JSTARS, provides joint airborne command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance over land and water, and combat support forces to meet state and national objectives. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)