Joint STARS
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Maj. Tom Grabowski is the senior director aboard an E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System aircraft. Joint STARS provides command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The senior director uses the skill and information of air weapons officers, air operations technicians, senior director technician, sensor management officer and others aboard the aircraft to direct air assets after coordination with command and control centers. Major Grabowski is deployed from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., to the 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master, Sgt. Lance Cheung)