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The squadron inactivated in 1994 after the end of the Cold War and the reduction of the B-52 fleet. Reactivated in 2002 at Robins Air Force Base as an advanced training unit for the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft. Transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard when the Guard became the primary operator of the JSTARS.
The 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron was a United States Air Force flying unit, assigned to the 461st Air Control Wing, stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The squadron flew the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS ( Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System ), providing airborne battle management, command and control ...
Robins Air Force Base (IATA: WRB, ICAO: KWRB) is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins , 18 mi (29 km) south-southeast of Macon and approximately 100 mi (160 km) south-southeast of Atlanta , Georgia.
On 13 February 2023 the unit was activated at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia as the new primary mission of the 461st Air Control Wing and was redesignated as 728th Battle Management Control Squadron. From 1950 to 2013, the unit was a Control and Reporting Center.
A missile-damaged C-5 Galaxy receives repair of battle damage at Warner Robins. The 78th Air Base Wing, the host organization at Robins AFB, provides support facilities and equipment for all Robins Air Force Base associate units. It is responsible for logistics, medical, civil engineering, security, and morale services for a base population of ...
292d Army Air Force Base Unit: 25 March 194 – 13 April 1944 Bell Aircraft B-29 Superfortress Manufacturing/Delivery Also used by: Second Air Force Now: Dobbins Joint Air Reserve Base (IATA: MGE, ICAO: KMGE, FAA LID: MGE) Robins Field, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north-northeast of Warner Robins; 4117th Army Air Force Base Unit
The 18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron was activated at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, on 10 February 2023 and assigned to the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. [10] The squadron received its first Bombardier E-11A BACN on 24 April 2023 and will be fully operational by FY2027. [11] [12]
The wing simultaneously converted from the F-15 Eagle fighters to the Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic bomber and moved 110 miles south to Robins Air Force Base east og Warner Robins, Georgia. As part of the post Cold-War drawdown, the active-duty fleet of B-1Bs were being reduced for budget reductions and being taken off Alert Status by the ...