E-8 Joint STARS

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The E-8 Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and ground surveillance aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force to track and coordinate military operations over large areas.

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Label Occurrences
E-8 Joint STARS canonical 3
Boeing E-8 Joint STARS (TF33 variant) 1
E-8C 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airborne battle management aircraft
ground surveillance aircraft
military aircraft
airframeBasedOn Boeing 707
surface form: Boeing 707-300

Boeing 707
surface form: Boeing 707-320C
allianceUser NATO (as supported asset)
basedAt Robins Air Force Base
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize about 21
cruiseSpeed about 0.8 Mach
designation E-8 Joint STARS self-linksurface differs
surface form: E-8C
developedFrom Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System program
endurance more than 9 hours without refueling
enteredService 1997
firstFlight 1988
flightCrewSize about 4
hasCapability battle management command and control
data link to ground and air units
real-time ground target tracking
wide-area ground surveillance
height approximately 12.9 m
length approximately 46.6 m
manufacturer Northrop Grumman
maximumTakeoffWeight approximately 336000 lb
missionCrewSize about 17
operator Air Combat Command
Georgia Air National Guard
United States Air Force
powerplant Pratt & Whitney JT3D
Pratt & Whitney TF33
primaryMission battlefield management
ground moving target indication
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
radarDesignation AN/APY-7
range approximately 9000 km
role airborne ground surveillance
battle management
command and control
serviceBranch Air Combat Command
surface form: United States Air Force Air Combat Command
status being retired
successorProgram Advanced Battle Management System
usedInConflict Gulf War
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
surface form: Operation Allied Force

Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
usesRadarType ground moving target indicator radar
side-looking airborne radar
synthetic aperture radar
wingspan approximately 44.4 m

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Northrop Grumman developed E-8 Joint STARS
Air Combat Command operates E-8 Joint STARS
this entity surface form: E-8C Joint STARS aircraft
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia supportsAircraftType E-8 Joint STARS
subject surface form: Robins Air Force Base
E-8 Joint STARS designation E-8 Joint STARS self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: E-8C
United States Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise usesPlatform E-8 Joint STARS
this entity surface form: E-8C Joint STARS
Pratt & Whitney JT3D usedOnAircraft E-8 Joint STARS
this entity surface form: Boeing E-8 Joint STARS (TF33 variant)