USAF To Start Retiring E-8C JSTARS

Brian Everstine December 22, 2021
An E-8C Joint STARS takes off from Robins AFB, Georgia, in June 2020.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force will start divesting its E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, starting with four of the aircraft in 2022, as the service tries to find its way ahead on the broad Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program to fill the aircraft’s role. The service has 16 of the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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