together to accomplish the shared J-STARS mission by integrating Air Guard and active duty personnel to the maximum extent possible in groups, squadrons, and shops. The Active Association model is one in which a reserve component (the Air Guard) has principal responsibility for the weapon system that it shares with one or more Active Duty Units. On 1 October 2011 the 116th Air Control Wing was inactivated as a Joint Air National Guard/United States Air Force Unit. Reasons cited were that updated Air Force regulations did not cover the blended unit, leading to anomalies in how promotions, disciplinary actions and other administrative issues were handled, according to the Air Force. The 116th was returned to the sole jurisdiction of the Georgia Air National Guard that same day, and reactivated. The unit's 17 J-STARS aircraft remained under the control of the Georgia Air National Guard, though the active duty pilots continue to fly with their Guard counterparts. Lineage Constituted as the 116th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 25 October 1950 Activated on 1 November 1950 Inactivated on 10 July 1952 Redesignated: 116th Fighter-Interceptor Wing and allotted to the Air National Guard on 10 July 1952 Redesignated 116th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 1 December 1952 Redesignated 116th Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 1 July 1955 Redesignated 116th Air Defense Wing on 15 April 1956 Redesignated 116th Air Transport Wing on 1 April 1961 Redesignated 116th Military Airlift Wing on 1 January 1966 Redesignated 116th Tactical Fighter Wing on 4 April 1973 Redesignated 116th Fighter Wing on 15 March 1992 Redesignated 116th Bomb Wing on 1 April 1996 Redesignated 116th Air Control Wing 1 October 2002 Inactivated on 1 October 2011 Activated on 1 October 2011 Assignments Tactical Air Command, 10 October 1950 – 10 July 1952 Under operational control of Fifth Air Force, Far East Air Force, 1 August 1951 – 10 July 1952 Georgia Air National Guard, 10 July 1952 – present Gained by: Tactical Air Command Gained by: Air Defense Command, 1 July 1955 Gained by: Military Air Transport Service, 1 April 1961 Gained by: Military Airlift Command, 1 January 1966 Gained by: Tactical Air Command, 4 April 1973 Gained by: Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – 1 October 2011; 1 October 2011 – present Components Groups 116th Fighter-Bomber Group (later 116th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 116th Air Transport Group, 116th Military Airlift Group, 116th Tactical Fighter Group, 116th Operations Group), 1 November 1952 – 20