Air Electronics Rest of the World System Profile Overview of the E-8 JSTARS and its Possible Successor by Bilal Khan November 22, 2015 1116Views 6Comments It has been a rocky road for the U.S Air Force (USAF) and U.S Army’s current Boeing 707-based E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) ‘replacement’ program, and it will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.