USAF Retires First E-8C J-Stars After 30-Year Career

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Credit: USAF
The U.S. Air Force has retired the first of 16 Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (J-Stars) surveillance aircraft, the service announced on Feb. 22. The majority of the fleet entered service after 1996, but the airframes are significantly older. “The Georgia Air...

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