[MilAir] MilAir Digest, JSTARS E-8C 90-0175 "Canoe 03

[Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS]

Great shot, Al!  As I look out my window onto the final for Rwy 06 here
at Pax, all I see is gray sky.  I sure miss that Florida sunshine.

This one has the TF-33 engines, so I wonder if it is a trainer version?
The later birds have JT-8D-219 engines.  Probably a mix in the fleet
now. I think that I heard of a plan to re-engine these with CFM-56 fans
just like the E-6. Quieter if nothing else!

Tom/Pax River
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JSTARS E-8C  90-0175, the Melbourne-FL based JSTARS test bed aircraft,
flying as "Canoe 03"  today, in pattern work at Patrick AFB:
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AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
AllanStern at aol.com