The RC-135V Rivet Joint aircraft is equipped with a sensor suite to detect, identify, and geolocate electronic signals.

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Based on data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, Newsweek's map shows that a U.S. Air Force RC-135V Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft performed a flight over the ...

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 ...

Its mission—codenamed Rivet Joint—was to eavesdrop on military and intelligence communications taking place in Russian-controlled Crimea. The aircraft, an RC-135W (a variant of a Boeing 707 ...