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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:93-0597 USAF
    Construction Number:19294
    Last Civil Registration:G-EOCO
    Compressed ID:Northrop Grumman E-8C sn 93-0597 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 707.

    3 August 1967

    To Qantas with new c/r VH-EBU.

    Circa 1975


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: At London Heathrow

    November 1976

    To Air Niugini with new c/r P2-ANH.

    27 July 1977


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Sydney International

    June 1981

    To Air Lease International with new c/r N707MB {1}.

    September 1981

    To Zaire Cargo with new c/r 9Q-CDA.

    May 1982

    To Arrow Air with new c/r N707HW.

    1 January 1983

    To TAISA Transportes Aereos Internacionales S. A with new c/r OB-T-1264.

    1984


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    July 1985

    To Shanghai Airlines with new c/r B-2426.

    Circa August 1989

    To Export Air Leasing with new c/r N707HW.

    September 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Santa Barbara Airport, CA. as N707HW.

    From 20 September 1989 to Unknown

    To Comtran International Inc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N707HW.

    December 1989

    To Anglo Cargo Ltd with new c/r G-EOCO.

    3 December 1989


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: G-EOCO : Boeing 707-338C : Anglo Cargo -Crew-training visit to Prestwick

    May 1992

    To Omega Air Inc keeping c/r G-EOCO.

    Converted to an E-8C by Northrop Grumman.

    November 1997

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 93-0597.

    13 March 2009

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. It was a local military flight from Al Udeid Air Base (XJD/OTBH), Qatar. The accident occurred at near Qatar (Qatar) while en route. Narrative: Boeing E-8C JSTARS, tail number 93-0597, assigned to the USAF 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, experienced a near catastrophic fuel tank over-pressurization during aerial refuelling. The mishap aircraft terminated its mission and returned to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The crew and mission personnel evacuated the aircraft safely without injury...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.


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