Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force has stood up a new detachment at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to meeting growing demand for RC-135V/W Rivet ...

The interior of an RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, shown in 2009. HOLE IN AIRCRAFT (Z1.6) RC-135V, T/N 64-14 848, 30 April 2015 A split-second decision by the commander of a Rivet Joint RC-135V jet to ...

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 ...

Pictured here: RIVET JOINT Landing at RAF Waddington FIRST BRITISH RIVET JOINT AIRCRAFT DELIVERED TO THE UK The first three RIVET JOINT signals intelligence aircraft has been delivered to the UK ahead ...

Personnel from the Royal Air Force’s 51 Sqn have completed their first week of instruction on the US Air Force’s RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft … Personnel from the Royal Air Force’s 51 Sqn have ...

In the skies over Iraq, USAF spyplanes, USMC and USN Electronic Attack aircraft work together to deny the Islamic State the ability to communicate. The image above shows a U.S. Air Force RC-135V/W ...

Somewhere over the South China Sea, a large, antenna-studded aircraft cruises at altitude, its crew quietly listening to 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 ...

The Weapons and Tactics Conference for U.S. Air Force weapons officers has produced new ideas about integrating the RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft’s surveillance and reconnaissance ...