An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System pulls away after refueling from a KC-135 over the East Coast. The E-8C is an airborne battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. Its primary mission is to provide theater ground and air commanders with ground surveillance to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces.

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