VIDEO: Joint STARS Takes Flight for the First Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bgH2NM5b24

On April 1, 1988, Northrop Grumman tested the flight handling capabilities of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System development aircraft. Airborne at 1:15 p.m., Grumman’s test pilots flew the modified 707 jet for just over two hours to kick off the flight test program in Melbourne, Florida. Learn more E-8C Joint STARS here: www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/E8CJointSTARS/Pages/default.aspx

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