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"Delta flight attendant becomes Georgia National Guard's first black female pilot"

Congratulations to 1st Lieutenant Andrea Lewis for this accomplishment! She'll be flying the E-8C Joint STARS aircraft. She's part of an interesting organization:

"Team JSTARS was the first organization in the U.S Air Force to activate under the Air Force's Total Force Initiative as a "blended" wing. America's first "Total Force" wing, the former 93rd Air Control Wing, an active-duty Air Combat Command unit, and the 116th Bomb Wing, a Georgia Air National Guard unit, were deactivated Oct.1, 2002. The 116th Air Control Wing was activated blending Guard and active-duty Airmen into a single unit. In October 2011, the Active Associate construct was formed by the newly activated 461st Air Control Wing as a member of Team JSTARS.

Team JSTARS through the 116th ACW is the only unit that operates the E-8C and the Joint STARS mission."

http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/E8CJointSTARS/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104507/e-8c-joint-stars/