USAF's Operation: BIG STUPID

This goes to show you a huge amount of organisational bloat in the USAF.

All this:



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For a handful of E-8s.

On 1 October 2011, the "blended" wing construct of the 116th Air Control Wing (116 ACW), combining Air National Guard and Regular Air Force personnel in a single unit was discontinued. On this date, the 461st Air Control Wing (461 ACW) was established at Robins AFB as the Air Force's sole active duty E-8 JSTARS wing while the 116 ACW reverted to a traditional Air National Guard wing within the Georgia Air National Guard. Both units share the same E-8 aircraft and will often fly with mixed crews, but now function as separate units.

LOL. I remember THE day in 2002, that the blended Wing started and was marketed as the way to go. USAF loves reorganisations. Over and over. Rinse and repeat. It gives PowerPoint warriors a chance to get promotion bullets into their records.

At an incredible, high, cost.

The Guard organisation is big-stupid too. What the hell use is an E-8 to any Guard activity? Answer: none.

Unreal