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 ...

Increased demand for RC-135V/W Rivet Joint spy plane sorties in the Pacific has led the U.S. Air Force to create a new unit in Alaska to help manage those operations. From Joint Base ...

The pilot said the aircraft experienced a flight control problem and returned to base. It's the latest event surrounding the USAF's aging fleet, which regularly have maintenance issues. A US military ...

Offutt AFB said on its Instagram page this was the first time the aircraft was launched in support of the Talisman Sabre series of exercises. The base also referenced the broader British, U.S. and ...

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation, as we explore the USAF RC 135 Rivet Joint, detailing its signals intelligence mission, ...

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has concluded air-to-air refueling clearance trials with U.S. Air Force RC-135 and A-10C Thunderbolt II airframes. An RAAF KC-30A multirole tanker from 33 ...

RC-135 WORK: Northrop Grumman's Navigations Systems Division will upgrade the navigation system on the U.S. Air Force's RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft fleet, the company said. The Air Force will test ...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Joshua A. Lemon, 316th Operations Group executive officer, enlisted in 2003 and by 2019 had reached the ...

The RAF is providing RC-135 Rivet Joint and P-8 Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Force to assist NATO operation Baltic Sentry.

U.S. Air Force RC-135 surveillance planes have been flying key missions along the Ukrainian-Russian border to monitor troop activity, track movements, and ensure readiness in the event of an attack.

A Russian fighter plane escorted a U.S military aircraft over Russia's far eastern border this week, amid growing tensions between Moscow and Washington, D.C. and international concern over a military ...

Something was off with a key component used to literally hold many U.S. Air Force aircraft together—and it resulted in the service grounding 207 vital aircraft according to a Time Compliance Technical ...