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West Star Aviation announces Timothy Freeman as the new satellite manager at its Chicago (PWK) satellite location.

West Star Aviation Academy (WSAA) celebrates its new AMT apprenticeship program and the first inaugural class of selected technicians with an open house at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility.

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.