X, MC-12, and EO-5, are turboprop-powered machines. The Pentagon plans to replace them with jets. However, the new aircraft ...

The Boeing RC-135RJ is named Rivet Joint, after its large, boxy panels that look haphazardly riveted on its otherwise ...

The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

A Rivet Joint RC-135V aircraft on the tarmac at Offutt Air Force Base. Todd Clark, a retired Rivet Joint pilot, runs the two RC-135 cockpit simulators, which are about 10 years old and in use up ...

A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint has become the first allied aircraft to complete a full transit along NATO’s eastern border, from the southernmost point of Greece to the northernmost point ...

A United States Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft parks on the flight line at Kadena Air Base in Japan on February 18, 2025. A United States Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint ...

refers to the incident as a “near-shoot down of UK RJ,” a reference to the “Rivet Joint” moniker common for RC-135 reconnaissance planes. The aircraft is used to collect radio ...

The Rivet Joint is shown on a mission to gather intelligence on Russian forces engaged in the all-out attack on Ukraine (Picture: Channel 4, Top Guns: Inside the RAF/Metro) A top secret RAF spy ...

The investment will result in a four-fold increase in mission aircrew trainees to 140 per year, according to thy Ministry of ...

According to data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, a U.S. Air Force RC-135V spy plane, also known as Rivet Joint, reached Kadena Air Base on Sunday from Anchorage in Alaska ...