Joint STARS re-engine effort stalls; Guard warns of poor performance
An effort to re-engine the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint STARS aircraft is languishing, apparently because bigger programs are edging it off the table. The battlefield surveillance plane, a modified Boeing 707 with old Pratt & Whitney JT3D engines, "doesn't drop bombs, it's not quite as fun as a...
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