An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System lands in Southwest Asia, May 1, 2014, after reaching a milestone of 100,000 flying hours to include more than 88,000 hours in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility since 2001. The JSTARS mission is to provide ground commanders with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance air power to boost force protection, defensive operations, over-watch and combat search and rescue missions throughout the AOR. The system is currently undergoing a recapitalization, which is managed by a Battle Management Division out of Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jared Trimarchi)