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 U.S. reconnaissance aircraft specializing in signals intelligence collection has arrived in Europe, part of an annual transatlantic mission to assess enemy radars. Data captured on August 20 by the ...
Exercise Talon Shield, part of the broader Talisman Sabre, saw Offutt AFB's RC-135 Rivet Joint taking part in the exercise in Australia for the first time. Two developments last week marked the ...
A U.S. spy plane has swept across NATO's northern flank—near major military bases in northwest Russia—flight tracking data shows, marking the latest flight by NATO surveillance aircraft close to ...
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