165th ASOS Evaluated “Excellent” by 9th Air Force

Brunswick’s 165th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) of the Georgia Air National Guard has once again proven that it’s at the top of its game as one of the best ASOS units in the Air Force. A 9th Air Force inspection team scored the overall unit as “Excellent” during a Standardization and Evaluation Inspection conducted in September. Results were announced in late October.

“This is quite an achievement for the ASOS since members of the unit have been continuously deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since 2002,” said ASOS Commander, Lt. Col. Paul Havel.

Along with an overall “excellent” rating for the unit, several individual areas scored “outstanding”. The inspectors individually noted the performance of the Joint Terminal Air Control (JTAC) team, the Standardization and Evaluation Examiner (SEE) Objectivity Performance, SEE Upgrade Program, the Stan/Eval Board and Trend Analysis Program, Go/No-Go procedures, and Local Operations Directives. Tsgt Trevor Kernes was rated a “Superior Performer” for the 9th AF inspection.

The ASOS deployed to Grayling Range in Michigan for the five-day inspection. Utilizing state-of-the-art radios and targeting equipment, the unit planned, controlled and executed numerous Close Air Support (CAS) missions under the critical view of AF inspectors.

Col Havel admitted that much of what the unit presented for inspection is “but an everyday occurrence for deployed unit members.”