{"id":21918,"date":"2019-11-06T18:03:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/06\/air-force-jstars-wrap-up-18-year-middle-east-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:02:33","slug":"air-force-jstars-wrap-up-18-year-middle-east-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2019\/11\/06\/air-force-jstars-wrap-up-18-year-middle-east-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force JSTARS wrap up 18-year Middle East deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/10\/21\/eyes-in-the-sky-for-113000-hours-jstars-reach-milestone-at-al-udeid\/\" target=_blank>E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System<\/a> aircraft have exited the Middle East after being deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility for 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/31\/air-force-begins-in-house-jstars-maintenance-amid-northrop-grummans-shortfalls\/\" target=\"_blank\">JSTARS<\/a>, the airborne ground surveillance, battle management and command and control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/digital-show-dailies\/paris-air-show\/2019\/07\/09\/rule-no1-for-air-forces-new-advanced-battle-management-system-we-dont-start-talking-platforms-until-the-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">aircraft<\/a> departed Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar Oct. 1, according to an Oct. 31 Air National Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ang.af.mil\/Media\/Article-Display\/Article\/2004400\/jstars-flies-last-sortie-out-of-centcom\/\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLooking out the window of the flight deck and seeing Al Udeid drifting into the distance for the last time after so many years was a momentous occasion,\u201d said Col. 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