ABM graduation Published April 27, 2011 By Senior Airman Rachelle Elsea TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Eleven Team Tyndall Airmen graduated from Undergraduate Air Battle Manager training program in a ceremony April 27. Brigadier Gen. Andrew Mueller, 81st Training Wing commander, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., was the guest speaker at the event. 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. The ABM graduates were: 2nd Lt. Lucas J. Bailiff 2nd Lt. Lauren C. Betts 2nd Lt. Chris C. Conrad 2nd Lt. Gregory P. Elliott 2nd Lt. Joseph A. Feerst 2nd Lt. Reid J. Fisher 2nd Lt. Eboni M. Garrett-Bluford 2nd Lt. Aaron E. Hoff 2nd Lt. Zachary M. Johnson 2nd Lt. Edward A. Roybal 2nd Lt. Matthew M. Vosel