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West Star Aviation (West Star), a portfolio company of The Sterling Group, announces it has acquired Jet East. West Star is a provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to the business-aviation industry, providing maintenance, modification and other services to aviation customers. Jet East provides MRO services, as well, and focuses on supporting fractional and managed fleet operators.

West Star Aviation announces the promotion of Ricky Myers to Technical Sales manager for Falcon at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility.  Myers will be responsible for targeting aircraft maintenance opportunities to identify sales leads and providing customers and regional sales managers with technical analysis for all Falcon projects.

West Star announces the promotion of Sean Ertz to Technical Sales manager-Textron at its Chattanooga, TN (CHA), facility.

West Star Aviation announces that Eric Valdes has accepted the program director position responsible for Embraer, accessories, and NDT at the company’s East Alton, IL (ALN), facility. Valdes was previously responsible for doubling revenue and work force within the ALN Gulfstream program over the past 10 years.

West Star Aviation announces that Anthony Irwin is the new Embraer program manager at its Chattanooga, TN (CHA), facility.

West Star announces the addition of Jay King as project manager for Bombardier at its Chattanooga, TN (CHA), facility. King has over 17 years of aviation experience, previously maintaining several corporate aircraft as well as volunteering at NBAA for the maintenance, scholarships and FAA Part 145 programs.

SmartSky Networks, a provider of inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity for business aviation, announces that it has been granted supplemental type certificate (STC) #ST04610CH from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for installation of its Flagship system on a Dassault Falcon 2000EX business jet. The work was done by hardware sales and installation partner West Star Aviation at its Grand Junction facility. Liberty Partners provided engineering support, commencing the project on Feb. 3.

West Star announces the promotion of Norman Hunt to avionics technical representative at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility.

West Star Aviation announces the promotion of Rob Jolly to the dual role of director of Regional Sales while continuing to serve as Regional Sales Manager (West). He will be responsible for planning and directing company-wide customer development strategies and will work closely with the regional sales team in strengthening and implementing long-term customer relationships with solutions that bring value, confidence and trust to every project.

West Star Aviation announces the promotion of George Laiten to the director of Bombardier Business Development at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility. Laiten will focus on new business opportunities with customers, vendors and OEMs while collaborating across departments and sites to identify key enhancements and solutions for customers.