The Georgia Air National Guard’s 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Robins AFB have been awarded one of the eight 2006 Aviation Week Laurels Awards in the military category.March 2006 --The Georgia Air National Guard’s 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Robins AFB have been awarded one of the eight 2006 Aviation Week Laurels Awards in the military category.
According to Aviation Week, the men and women of the U.S. Air Force and Georgia Air National Guard’s 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron was awarded the prestigious honor for flying in support of the U.S. Army ongoing conflict against insurgents in Iraq. In addition to flying nightly missions to escort convoys as they seek to resupply military garrisons across the country, they have also become key players in the deadly battle against improvised explosive devices. Data collected by the E-8C Joint STARS aircraft they fly is forming the basis of innovative methodologies for fusing intelligence and tracking insurgents back to their factories and meeting places.
Laurel Awards are compiled by the magazine’s editors based on a rigorous screening of candidates from the aviation community. The awards are given in eight categories; military, space, commercial air transport, aeronautics propulsion, operations, information technology/electronics, business /general aviation and the Philip J. Klass Award for lifetime achievement. Each laureate category epitomizes the creativity, dedication and optimism that are at the heart of aviation and aerospace.
Aviation Week will honor the 2006 Laureate Awards on April 7 at the 49th annual Laureate Awards event scheduled for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington. The evenings highlight will be the presentation of the 2006 Laureate Awards.
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