JAARS, formerly Jungle Aviation and Radio Service, is the technical arm of the
Wycliffe Bible Translators, and is headquartered in
Waxhaw, North Carolina.JAARS serves Wycliffe and other relief and missions organizations worldwide by providing transportation by air, land or sea as well as through computing and information technology and other technical services.
William Cameron Townsend founded Wycliffe in 1934, and as the organization grew, he saw the need for airplanes and radio to reach remote areas around the world, to provide safe access to language groups. JAARS was originally formed in
Peru in
1948 and moved to
North Carolina in
1961. Jim Akovenko has been president of JAARS since November 1996.
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