The U.S. Air Force’s Electronic Surveillance Planes Are Really Old. There’s No Rush To Replace Them.
A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron is refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft over the U.S. Central Command area of ...
Crew: (flight crew) five (augmented) - three pilots, two navigators; (mission flight crew) 21-27, depending on mission requirements, minimum consisting of three electronic warfare officers, 14 ...
The Boeing RC-135RJ is named Rivet Joint, after its large, boxy panels that look haphazardly riveted on its otherwise ...
A Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea last week and performed an “unsafe maneuver,” forcing the US aircraft to take evasive action, according to ...
WASHINGTON — The Air Force has grounded hundreds of utility aircraft, including KC-135 aerial refueling planes, until they are inspected and found not to have a faulty part in the tail section that ...
An undisclosed number of RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft have returned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, after floodwaters submerged part of the base this month. "Some of our aircraft have returned ...
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