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 ...
We’re used to hearing stuff and seeing images of fighter aircraft and bombers, but reconnaissance aircraft are much more discreet, and they don’t come out into the open all that often. Like, say, how ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The RAF’s acquisition of the RC-135 ‘Airseeker’ represented a deliberate effort by both the RAF and US Air Force to set the conditions for further integration. The current lack of greater progress on ...
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 ...
The recent flooding at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has slowed down mission crew training on the RC-135 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, leading the Air Force to send airmen ...
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 ...
A Chinese military jet intercepted a U.S. spy plane off the coast of China last week, using a maneuver that Pentagon officials called “unsafe” when announcing the incident on Tuesday. “One of the ...
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