Two Robins Air Force Base units to be deployed

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - Two Robins Air Force Base units 5th Combat Communications Group and the 116th Air Control Wing - received deployment orders Thursday to an undisclosed location. <br> <br> Base officials, citing security concerns, declined to state how many personnel would go or when they will be leaving. <br> <br> The 5th, a tenant unit at Robins that&#39;s under the control of the 9th Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., provides secure communications, air traffic control and weather services. <br> <br> The 116th is the only Air Force unit equipped with the E-8C Joint STARS ground surveillance aircraft that can pinpoint ground targets over a vast area and deliver data immediately to combat commanders. <br> <br> The 116th became the Air Force&#39;s first ``blended wing,&#39;&#39; on Oct. 1, combining active-duty troops and members of the Georgia Air National Guard. <br> <br> Lt. Col. John LaBuda, 116th spokesman, said he was not certain if Guard members would be included in the Air Force deployment.

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