Current as of March 17, 2023
MISSION
The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS, or JSTARS) is an airborne battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. Its primary mission is to provide theater ground and air commanders with ground surveillance to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption, and destruction of enemy forces.
FEATURES
The E-8C is a modified Boeing 707-300 series commercial airframe extensively re-manufactured and modified with the radar, communications, operations, and control subsystems required to perform its operational mission.