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The jets have amassed more than 141,000 hours in combat since Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

The Air Force plans to retire four of its 16 E-8C JSTARS planes by Oct. 1.

The 18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Robins AFB will serve as the stateside home for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node fleet.

The Army’s first manned spy plane and an Air Force “nuke sniffer” have been among the surveillance aircraft watching Russia’s military movements during the Kremlin’s planning and execution of its latest invasion of Ukraine. 

The US military aircraft is designed to collect critical intelligence about the situation on the ground.

The substantial proposed cuts to the Air Force's fleet include dozens of legacy fighter jets and attack aircraft.

The Air Force is trying out new approaches to maintenance on its JSTARS fleet amid a series of issues with in-house and contractor-led repairs.

Northrop to Support U.S. E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Our Bureau 1683 E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Northrop Grumman has received a $325 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for continued support of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The 2021 contract executes the Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) program for the E-8C Joint STARS fleet with Northrop Grumman as the prime systems integrator for total support a...

Northrop Grumman to execute Total System Support Responsibility in 2021 across the E-8C fleet. The latest $325 million deal for support services in 2021 follows a $309 million contract in 2020. Northrop Grumman is prime systems integrator for all nine support and sustainment components across the USAF Joint STARS fleet, which totals 17 aircraft according to Shephard Defence Insight. Janice Zilch, VP of manned airborne surveillance programmes at Northrop Grumman, said: ‘The overall modificatio...