E-8 JSTARS: Boeing-Northrop Grumman's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Schiffer 9780764356674)

Category Aviation Books, Subcategory US Jet Aircraft, ISBN/Box 9780764356674, Series Legends of Warfare, Publisher/Brand Schiffer, Author Sérgio Santana, Format 23 x 23 cm, No. Pages 144, Version Hard cover, Language English

This book is the first dedicated exclusively to Boeing-Northrop Grumman's E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System—JSTARS—America's current-day ground surveillance, battle management, and command and control aircraft. The E-8?s complete history, from the early origins of the JSTARS concept to the latest available information on current use, is presented. The book also traces the evolutionary path followed by the aircraft (developed from the Boeing 707), from the various studies that resulted in the definitive version of the aircraft, to its various models since its first use in 1991. Technical aspects on the E-8?s mission equipment are covered in detail, and operational features such as the actual requirements involved in real missions are also described, all based on official documentation. The book also examines the role played by the JSTARS in all combat operations it took part in throughout its career, from Desert Storm to the present, and discusses the concept into the future.