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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:E-8C JSTARS
    Last Military Serial:90-0175 USAF
    Construction Number:19621
    Last Civil Registration:N526SJ
    Compressed ID:Northrop Grumman E-8C sn 90-0175 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 707-338C.

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-EAA.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-YCK.

    To unknown owner with c/r P2-ANB.

    To unknown owner with c/r TF-AEB.

    To unknown owner with c/r 5Y-AXA.

    To unknown owner with c/r N733Q.

    To unknown owner with c/r N526SJ.

    1 August 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX526SJ (707-338C, 19621) issued.

    Circa 2008

    Converted to an E-8C by Northrop Grumman.
    JSTARS permanent test aircraft modified from 707 airframe by Grumman. Unveiled with JT8D-219 engines at Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, FL, Dec 17, 2008. Made first flight with new engines Dec 20, 2008.

    New construction number, T-3, assigned to the airframe.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 90-0175.

    To Grumman, Melbourne Regional Airport, Melbourne, FL.
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    Markings Applied: Eye in the Sky, JS

    29 April 2013

    Civil registration, N526SJ, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Hanscom, MA.

    21 January 2015

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 427891.

    21 January 2015

    Placed on display with Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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