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The youth group from Bonaire United Methodist Church went on a mission trip July 5-9.
Twenty-one youth and six adults from Bonaire UMC traveled to Lithia Springs to work
on housing for low income families. The youth were divided into teams and did many
different jobs including roofing, painting, building handicap ramps and porches. The
group joined with seven other churches from around the state to complete more than
15 projects in three days. Above, the group poses for a photo.
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JSTARS crew receives
battle management award
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ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE - A Joint STARS
crew recently received
the Airborne Battle
Management Crew of the
Year Award for 2006.
The Air Force Association
announced the winners this
week and the award will
be presented in Sept at
Washington D.C. to mem
bers of the 24-person crew
from the 116th Air Control
Wing’s 16th Expeditionary
Airborne Command and
Control Squadron.
The award recognized
the members of “Crew 2”
for sustained aerial support
in the E-8C while assigned
to 379th Expeditionary
Operations Group, flying in
Operation Iraqi Freedom
from January to May 05.
As the 16th Expeditionary
Airborne Command and
Control Squadron, the crew
flew 26 combat missions
and provided command and
control intelligence, surveil
lance and reconnaissance to
Combined Air Operations
Center and Army and
Marine ground command
ers. As the “premier” air
battle management entity
in theater for OIF, Crew
2 provided a much-needed
communication link and
threat warning to more
than 500 convoy move
ments.
Whether leading a
response to the largest,
most coordinated convoy
attack to date in Iraq or
tracking suspicious vehi
cles, no job was considered
to be more important that
the other.
“I don’t think there was
just one event that con
tributed to the crew receiv
ing the award,” said Lt.
Col. Timothy Smith, 116th
ACW, mission crew com
mander.
The crew did whatever it
took to get the job done.
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“Whatever the people on
the ground wanted,” said
Smith.
“If that meant stay
ing longer the answer was
always yes.”
The award may go the air
crew, but it is something
everyone can be proud of.
“The award is about how
well we work together as a
team,” said Smith.
Everyone from the Air
Force and Army crew in
the plane to maintenance
contributed to the award,
he said.
This is the 4th Air Battle
Crew of the Year Award for
the Joint STARS wing.
“JSTARS has received
this award 4 out of the
last 5 years,” said Col.
James J. Jones, 116th ACW
Commander.
“That is an amazing
accomplishment. ”
“It’s a real testament to
everyone that we can do our
job consistently well crew
after crew,” said Smith.
“To the maintainers,
operators and support per
sonnel who made this pos
sible, thank you for your
excellence,” said Jones.
Members of Crew 2 are
scheduled to be presented
with the award Sept. 25, in
Washington, D.C.
The Following Joint
STARS crew members
received the award:
■ Lt. Col. Timothy Smith,
Mission Crew Commander,
16 ACCS
■ LT. Col. Edward
Sheridan, Deputy Mission
Crew Commander, 16
ACCS
■ Lt. Col. William Tart,
Navigator, 12 ACCS
■ Maj. David Wilson,
Aircraft Commander, 16
ACCS
■ Maj. Steve Erickson,
Aircraft Commander,
USJFCOM/J7
■ Maj. Eddie Boxx, Senior
HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Director, ACSC
■ Capt. Edith Correa-
Perez, Senior Director, 16
ACCS
■ Capt. Rory Stein,
Copilot, 16 ACCS
■ Capt. William Seefeldt,
Sensor Management
Operator, 552 TRS
■ Capt. Matt Henry,
Airborne Intelligence
Officer, 330 CTS
■ Ist Lt. Stephen Grogan,
Air Weapons Officer, 330
CTS
■ Ist Lt. Joel Roberts, Air
Weapons Officer, 16 ACCS
■ Master Sgt. Vic DaSilva,
Flight Engineer, 116 OSS
■ Tech. Sgt. John Moran,
Flight Engineer, 16 ACCS
■ Tech. Sgt. William
Stubbs, Communications
Systems Technician, 16
ACCS
■ Staff Sgt. James
Ramirez, Airborne Target
Surveillance Supervisor,
330 CTS
■ Staff Sgt. Robert
Zandrowicz, Airborne
Target Surveillance
Supervisor, 330 CTS
■ Staff Sgt. Keith Phillips,
Senior Director Technician,
16 ACCS
■ Senior Airman Colin
Fitz-Gibbon, Airborne
Mission Systems Specialist,
16 ACCS
■ Senior Airman Michele
Riles, Airborne Operations
Technician, 16 ACCS
■ Senior Airman
Sarah Sanner, Airborne
Operations Technician, 16
ACCS
■ Senior Airman David
Stelick, Communications
Systems Technician, 16
ACCS
■ Airman Ist Class
Christopher Kramer,
Airborne Mission Systems
Specialist, 16 ACCS
■ Airman Ist Class
Richard Lawrence, Airborne
Operations Technician, 16
ACCS
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