E-8C - Joint STARS

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN)—Master Sgt. Michael Winans checks the nose gear wheel bearing cap during his pre-flight inspection of an E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System aircraft. Joint STARS provides command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The E-8C is assigned to the 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron. Sergeant Winans is a flight engineer with the 116th Air Control Wing, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)