ABM Graduation Published July 18, 2012 By Senior Airman Rachelle Elsea 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Seven Team Tyndall Airmen graduated from Undergraduate Air Battle Manager training program in a ceremony July 18. The students completed a rigorous nine-month course of instruction preparing them for duty aboard the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and the E-8 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (J-STAR) aircraft. Upon graduation, students also receive their wings. Air battle managers' primary responsibilities include providing command and control in the battlespace and ensuring combat aircraft find, identify and destroy their targets. They do this by providing the pilots with a tactical picture which increases combat capability and situational awareness. Air battle managers also provide early warning for inbound enemy aircraft and direct friendly assets to intercept them. The 325th Air Control Squadron is one of four squadrons assigned to the 325th Operations Group, 325th Fighter Wing. The squadron's primary responsibility includes training all U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve officers in command and control mission execution as air battle managers in a variety of weapons systems in support of air expeditionary forces worldwide. 2nd Lt. Kelly E. Blomquist 2nd Lt. David P. Boswell 2nd Lt. Isaiah B. Hughes 2nd Lt. Ricky Martinez 2nd Lt. Francis T. Nguyen, Jr.* 2nd Lt. Harold C. Vanta 2nd Lt. Sarah D. Witt