11/30/2009. Produced for Western Airlines of California, the aircraft was first flown as N1507W, when sale fell through it was used for production testing registered as N1785B. It was sold to the CAF and with s/n 13702 it was delivered to 437 Transport Squadron at CFB Trenton, Ontario on February 24, 1970. Beside serving as a personnel transport between Canada and Lahr, the aircraft was occasionally fitted as a VIP transport, carrying members of the Royal Family, heads of states, and other celebrities including the Pope.

It was placed in storage on January 12, 1993, and was declared surplus on June 2, 1993. Subsequently it was sold to Omega of Honduras and registered HR-AMF, but not delivered, instead it was transferred to Shannon, Ireland on December 20, 1993. On May 28, 1994 it was seen (while awaiting lease) in white livery and AeroBrasil Cargo markings, it was registered as PT-TCU, but eventually this was not taken up. On August 6 it was transferred to Ostend, Belgium, still marked HR-AMF as late as December 1994.

In 1996 it was destined to become an E-8C J-STARS aircraft and was modified by Northrop Grumman in the USA. The aircraft was operational with the USAF in December 2000, s/n 96-0043 c/n P-10, and was delivered to the 93rd Airborne Control Wing on August 6, 2001. A few weeks later, August 29, hydraulic fluid entered the electronics bay and the radar system, severely damaging it; the aircraft landed safely. It has been repaired (preliminary repair estimate was US$ 3,788,079.59) and returned to service.