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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Operationally, the RAF’s Rivet Joints have participated in missions worldwide, from counterterrorism in the Middle East to NATO exercises in Europe. With the United States possibly winding down its ...
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 ...
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