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<h2 id="nasa-research-aircraft-types-operated">NASA research aircraft types operated</h2> <h3>Present</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Aircraft</th><th>Number in service</th><th>Introduced</th><th>Research Center</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-8/V4E0Jqov">McDonnell Douglas DC-8</a></td><td>1</td><td>1987 (end in 2024)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center/g5XxJ6RV">Armstrong Flight Research Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lockheed_U-2/teouQIET">Lockheed ER-2</a></td><td>2</td><td>1981</td><td><a href="/facts/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center/g5XxJ6RV">Armstrong Flight Research Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gulfstream_III/95Gp1utF">Gulfstream C-20A</a></td><td>1</td><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center/g5XxJ6RV">Armstrong Flight Research Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gulfstream_III/95Gp1utF">Gulfstream III</a></td><td>1</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Johnson_Space_Center/rN6Jvhqe">Johnson Space Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gulfstream_III/95Gp1utF">Gulfstream III</a></td><td>1</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Langley_Research_Center/UrNAPV7g">Langley Research Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gulfstream_V/sCPyz3Yh">Gulfstream V</a></td><td>1</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Johnson_Space_Center/rN6Jvhqe">Johnson Space Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lockheed_P-3_Orion/j3qMIss7">Lockheed P-3 Orion</a></td><td>1</td><td>1991</td><td><a href="/facts/Wallops_Flight_Facility/F6QvD712">Wallops Flight Facility</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="media">Media</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Center_for_Earth_Resources_Observation_and_Science/lkxIsNgF">Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050929003701/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/AirSci/index.html">"NASA Airborne Science Program"</a>. <i>NASA</i>. Archived from <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/AirSci/index.html">the original</a> on 29 September 2005. Retrieved October 18, 2005.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/nasa-dc-8-retired <a href="https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/nasa-dc-8-retired" target="_blank">https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/nasa-dc-8-retired</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>