
DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas.

NASA's large Airborne Science research aircraft, a modified DC-8 airliner, displayed new colors in a check flight Feb. 24, 2004,…

DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight.

DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight during research mission - view from above

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas.

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas.

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