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Wingspan: 17"
Fuselage Length: 18.5"
E-8 Joint Stars Model Airplane: An Exquisite Addition to Your Growing Collection
Our E-8 Joint Stars model airplane is delicately handcrafted and made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Painstakingly and passionately worked by our master craftsmen on the Joint Stars E-8 model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.
Our museum-quality Joint Stars E-8 model plane is truly unique and not constructed from kits. The Joint Stars E-8 model plane comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality Joint Stars E-8 model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.
E-8 Joint Stars History:
Manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation, the E-8 "Joint Stars" series of aircraft provides the US Air Force with electronic "eyes" over the battlefield in the way of aerial surveillance. The aircraft is based on a highly-modified version of Boeing's 707 civil transport plane and retains the basic fuselage shape and four engine low-monoplane wings.
The E-8 Joint Stars system was developed to a US Army and US Air Force requirement for an aircraft platform that was capable of tracking enemy ground targets along frontlines. The contract was awarded to Grumman and two Boeing 707-300 types were chosen for extensive modification. The platform would be powered by four Pratt & Whitney TF33-102C turbofan engines and feature a host of specialized tracking, communications and radar equipment that could assist ground commanders in providing them with near-real time information with a limited ability to track aerial threats. The most notable design feature of the E-8 is the long fuselage attachment on the forward bottom of the aircraft.
The E-8 was deployed in a basic developmental form during the 1991 Persian Gulf War to which the two aircraft flew a total of 49 sorties. It would later be fielded in support of NATO during the war in Bosnia/Kosovo and more recently in operations Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Iraqi Freedom (Iraq).
